Planning appeal decision
Land on Northside of Filey Road, Cayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3NP
Planning appeal 3271382 at Land on Northside of Filey Road, Cayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3NP (Scarborough Borough Council *) was dismissed on 14 September 2021 by Inspector Wilkinson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would be an acceptable location for housing having regard to the effect on the character and appearance of the area and the accessibility to services and facilities.
a new detached bungalow
- Authority
- Scarborough Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
- Postcode
- YO11 3NP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be an acceptable location for housing having regard to the effect on the character and appearance of the area and the accessibility to services and facilities
What decided it
The proposed development would constitute an isolated home in the countryside that fails to satisfy any of the five exceptional circumstances in paragraph 80 of the Framework and would significantly harm the character and appearance of the area whilst being unsustainably located in relation to services and facilities.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD1Policy HC1Policy HC2Policy ENV6Policy ENV7Policy DEC1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80Paragraph 174Paragraph 134Paragraph 130
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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