®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent 4, Brockhills Lane, New Milton, BH25 5QL
7 detached houses; parking; landscaping; access from Brockhills Lane and Cullwood Lane without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 15/10784, dated 6 January 2016
- Authority
- New Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the suitability of the proposed alternative footpath in terms of connectivity and ability to promote walking as a means of sustainable transport
- whether the condition is reasonable and necessary having regard to the effects of the alternative footpath on protected trees
What decided it
The condition is reasonable and necessary because the original footway along Brockhills Lane provides essential pedestrian connectivity to the wider area and future residents of the allocated Strategic Site 10, which the proposed alternative footpath cannot replicate.
The need to maintain pedestrian connectivity along Brockhills Lane to serve the development and the allocated Strategic Site 10 outweighed the practical difficulties and costs of delivering the original footway.
Plan policies cited: Policy CCC2, Policy ENV3, Policy SS10
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