Woodlands View, Blakemere, HEREFORD, HR2 9PY

a three bedroom dwelling

Authority: Herefordshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Page L

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

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy WH01 of the Wyeside Neighbourhood Plan 2018, Policy RA2 of the Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2015, Policy RA3 of the Herefordshire Local Plan Core Strategy 2015, Policy WH03 of the Wyeside Neighbourhood Plan 2018

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