Planning appeal decision
Beech Tree Farm, Burgundenau, Main Street, Bielby, YO42 4JW
Planning appeal 3271346 at Beech Tree Farm, Burgundenau, Main Street, Bielby, YO42 4JW (East Riding of Yorkshire Council) was dismissed on 9 July 2021 by Inspector Caines A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the risk of flooding.
Erection of a new dwelling (outline permission, access only reserved)
- Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Caines A
- Postcode
- YO42 4JW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to the risk of flooding
- Whether an acceptable form of development could be achieved, with particular regard to its relationship to a protected tree and implications for the outlook and provision of adequate private garden space for its occupiers
What decided it
The failure to pass the Sequential Test for flood risk, combined with the inability to achieve an acceptable form of development due to the protected tree's constraints on layout and the resulting poor living conditions for future occupiers.
The public benefits of modest housing supply were outweighed by the identified harm to living conditions and conflict with the development plan and Framework when taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV6Policy ENV1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 155Paragraph 158Paragraph 127
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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