®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Coppice Cottages, Coombe Road, East Meon Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 1NX
Planning appeal 3274207 at Land Adjacent to Coppice Cottages, Coombe Road, East Meon Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 1NX (South Downs) was allowed on 2 December 2021 by Inspector Webb B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including the South Downs National Park.
12 new dwellings comprising 2 no. detached 2 storey houses, 6 no. detached two-storey houses, 1 no two-storey building comprising 4 flats, detached car barns, 2 no. new accesses from Coombe Road, new footpath, attenuation pond, swales and 5 metre landscape buffer on southern boundary
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Webb B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area, including the South Downs National Park
What decided it
The site's allocation in Policy EM16 of the Neighbourhood Plan for 11 houses logically accepted that some adverse landscape effects would be acceptable, and the proposed scheme would achieve conservation and enhancement of the National Park's landscape character to the extent possible within that constraint.
The transformative effect on the landscape and some adverse effects on character were outweighed by the site's allocation in the development plan and the scheme's achievement of conservation and enhancement of the National Park's landscape character to the extent possible given that allocation.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EM16Policy SD1Policy SD4Policy SD6Policy SD5Policy EM6Policy SD21Policy SD11Policy SD27Policy SD28Policy EM5Policy SD48
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 176Paragraph 57
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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