®Planning appeal decision
Naish's Cross, Chilcompton
Planning appeal 3280802 at Naish's Cross, Chilcompton (Mendip District Council *) was dismissed on 10 February 2022 by Inspector Reed D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal complies with the spatial strategy of the development plan.
the erection of up to 95 dwellings with public open space, landscaping and sustainable urban drainage system
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Reed D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal complies with the spatial strategy of the development plan
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including the form of the village and landscape impacts
- whether the services and facilities of the village are able to accommodate the quantum of housing proposed
What decided it
The substantial harm to the character and appearance of the area, including the form of the village and the resulting landscape and visual harm, which the Inspector described as the clearly overriding and decisive factor.
The significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, together with limited economic and minor biodiversity/open space benefits, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the limited harm to the spatial strategy, the substantial harm to character and appearance, and the significant harm arising from uncertain primary school expansion, when assessed against the NPPF policies taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CP1CP2CP4DP1DP4DP7DP11DP2LP1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 33Paragraph 105
- Judgments
- Shadwell Estates Ltd v Breckland DC WL 127846 (2013)
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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