Honnacotts, Road From Crosspark Cross To Primrose Cottage, Bradworthy, EX22 7QS

Planning appeal 3276623 at Honnacotts, Road From Crosspark Cross To Primrose Cottage, Bradworthy, EX22 7QS (Torridge District Council) was allowed on 1 November 2021 by Inspector Bale M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is an appropriate location for open market housing, with regard to local and national planning policies.

erection of up to five dwellings, along with formation of access

Authority: Torridge District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bale M
Postcode: EX22 7QS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is an appropriate location for open market housing, with regard to local and national planning policies

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing land engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), which favoured the proposal as the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when considered against the Framework taken as a whole.

The conflict with the development plan (limited weight) was outweighed by the Framework's support for housing delivery (substantial weight) in the context of the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy ST07Policy ST18
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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