®Planning appeal decision
Land between Teanga Cluig and Libre View , Bell Lane, Nuthampstead , Royston , Herts , SG8 8ND
erection of one dwelling (all matters reserved)
- Authority
- North Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Castle S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the site is a suitable location for market housing having regard to local and national planning policy
- the planning balance, having regard to housing provision
What decided it
The Council's significant shortfall in five-year housing land supply (2.2 years) engaged the tilted balance, and the benefits of housing delivery in an area of established undersupply outweighed the conflict with the emerging local plan's spatial strategy and the Framework's sustainability objectives.
The conflict with the emerging local plan spatial strategy and the Framework's environmental objective (directing housing to sustainable locations) was outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery in an area of significant undersupply and the site's location within an established settlement, in the context of a notably deficient five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 11, 8
Plan policies cited: SLP Policy 6 (Rural Area Beyond the Green Belt), ELP Policy SP5, ELP Policy CGB1 (Rural Areas Beyond the Green Belt), ELP Policy SP2 (Settlement Hierarchy)
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.