Planning appeal decision
Woodlands View, Blakemere, Hereford, HR2 9PY
Planning appeal 3271147 at Woodlands View, Blakemere, Hereford, HR2 9PY (Herefordshire Council) was dismissed on 26 August 2021 by Inspector Page L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal is in an appropriate location in relation to the settlement strategy for the area including potential effects on the existing settlement's pattern of development and surrounding landscape.
a three bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Herefordshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Page L
- Postcode
- HR2 9PY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is in an appropriate location in relation to the settlement strategy for the area including potential effects on the existing settlement's pattern of development and surrounding landscape
What decided it
The proposal fails to satisfy the contiguity requirement of Policy WH01 of the Wyeside Neighbourhood Plan and would not be in an appropriate location in relation to the settlement strategy for the area.
the adverse impacts identified under the main issue and conflict with the development plan that carries great weight in the planning balance would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited benefits of housing delivery and social and economic benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy WH01 of the Wyeside Neighbourhood Plan 2018Policy RA2 of the Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2015Policy RA3 of the Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2015Policy WH03 of the Wyeside Neighbourhood Plan 2018
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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