Cooks Farm, Partmans Hill, Stoke St Michael, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA3 5LE

Planning appeal 3271096 at Cooks Farm, Partmans Hill, Stoke St Michael, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA3 5LE (Mendip District Council *) was allowed on 23 November 2021 by Inspector Murray D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal accords with the development strategy.

the erection of a dwelling and formation of a new access

Authority: Mendip District Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Murray D
Postcode: BA3 5LE

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal accords with the development strategy
The effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), which, combined with the site's reasonable accessibility and the proposed dwelling's sympathetic design that respects the verdant character of the area, outweighed the conflict with restrictive development plan policies.

The restrictive development plan policies (CP1, CP2, CP4) against the principle of development were outweighed by the site's reasonable accessibility, the proposal's accordance with sustainable development principles in the Framework, and the architectural form of the new dwelling which respects the verdant context and complements rather than harms the local environment, resulting in the appeal being allowed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 4Policy DP7
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 9

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