®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Romsey Avenue, Fareham, PO16 9TA
Planning appeal 3271412 at Land South of Romsey Avenue, Fareham, PO16 9TA (Fareham Borough Council) was allowed on 28 January 2022 by Inspector Coffey L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety and the effect of parking displacement on residential amenity.
hybrid planning application for residential development of 225 dwellings, bird conservation area. Seeking full planning permission for 58 dwellings and outline planning permission for 167 dwellings with all matters reserved except for access
- Authority
- Fareham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Coffey L
- Postcode
- PO16 9TA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety and the effect of parking displacement on residential amenity
- The effect of the proposal on on-site biodiversity
- The effect of the proposal on European Protected Sites with particular reference to Support Areas for brent geese
- Whether the location of development outside the settlement boundary is acceptable having regard to Policy DSP40 of the Local Plan Part 2: Development Sites and Policies
What decided it
The satisfactory ecological and SPA mitigation secured through the Bird Conservation Area and Unilateral Undertakings, combined with the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, meant the proposal complied with Policy DSP40 and the development plan as a whole.
The benefits of housing delivery (including affordable housing) in a sustainable location, together with satisfactory mitigation of on-site biodiversity and SPA impacts, outweighed the limited harm from the loss of best and most versatile agricultural land, and the proposal accorded with Policy DSP40 and the development plan as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DSP40Core Strategy Policy CS5Policy DSP13Policy DSP14Policy DSP15Policy NE3Core Strategy Policy CS4Core Strategy Policy CS18Policy CS21Core Strategy Policy CS2Policy CS11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 59Paragraph 92Paragraph 177Paragraph 55Paragraph 56
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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