®Planning appeal decision
Land Between and to the Rear of 56-66 Greenaway Lane, Warsash, Southampton, SO31 9HS
Planning appeal 3279162 at Land Between and to the Rear of 56-66 Greenaway Lane, Warsash, Southampton, SO31 9HS (Fareham Borough Council) was allowed on 2 December 2021 by Inspector Tucker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there would be likely to be a significant effect on the internationally important features of the Solent and Southampton Waters Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar Site, Solent and Dorset Coast SPA, Portsmouth Harbour SPA and Ramsar Site, Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA and Ramsar Site and the Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons SAC.
Outline application for up to 28 dwellings together with associated landscaping, amenity space, parking and a means of access from Greenaway Lane
- Authority
- Fareham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Tucker A
- Postcode
- SO31 9HS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there would be likely to be a significant effect on the internationally important features of the Solent and Southampton Waters Special Protection Area (SPA) and Ramsar Site, Solent and Dorset Coast SPA, Portsmouth Harbour SPA and Ramsar Site, Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC), Chichester and Langstone Harbours SPA and Ramsar Site and the Solent and Isle of Wight Lagoons SAC
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply (4.2 years), combined with the proposal's accordance with Policy DSP40 and the development plan as a whole, and the successful mitigation of environmental and highway concerns through the Unilateral Undertaking, justified allowing the appeal.
The benefits of housing delivery in the context of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply outweighed any concerns about development outside the settlement boundary, given the proposal's limited scale, good relationship to the existing settlement, and the absence of any strategic gap that needed to be safeguarded.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DSP15Policy DSP40Policy CS18Policy NE3Policy NE4Policy TIN2Policy HA1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57Paragraph 77
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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