®Planning appeal decision
Pollyanna, Windsbatch Hill, Oldford, FROME, BA11 2NN
Permission in Principle for the erection of 1-5 dwellings
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Tucker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to location, land use and amount of development, with particular regard to: (a) Development plan policy relating to the location of new housing, and (b) Its effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites engaged the tilted balance, and the site's sustainable location with viable non-car access to services in Frome meant the housing benefits outweighed the conflict with the development plan.
The conflict with Core Policies 1, 2 and 4 of the Local Plan Part 1 weighed against the proposal, but given the lack of 5-year housing land supply, this conflict was given less weight; the benefits of housing delivery, sustainable access to services, and consistency with recent nearby permissions outweighed the development plan conflict when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 8
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 4, Policy DP1, Policy DP4, Policy DP7
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.