®Planning appeal decision
Land to the East of New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9NA
Planning appeal 3282598 at Land to the East of New Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9NA (City of York Council) was allowed on 13 June 2022 by Inspector Watson S, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the site is within the Green Belt and if so, the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt and whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development.
Outline planning permission with all matters reserved except access for circa 300 residential dwellings, associated landscaping, public open space, and the formation of two new vehicle accesses off New Lane, York
- Authority
- City of York Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Watson S
- Postcode
- YO32 9NA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the site is within the Green Belt and if so, the effect upon the openness of the Green Belt and whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The very significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, in the context of the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, outweighed the identified landscape and heritage harms.
The significant weight attached to housing and affordable housing delivery and limited weight attached to heritage benefit outweighed the moderate landscape harm and the less than substantial harm (with considerable importance and weight) to Huntington Grange, so the balance favoured allowing the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H14 HNPPolicy H4 HNPPolicy H5 HNPPolicy H1 HNPPolicy H2 HNPPolicy H3 HNPPolicy H17 HNPPolicy YH9C RSSPolicy Y1C RSSPolicy SP2 2005 dLPPolicy SP3 2005 dLPPolicy GB1 2005 dLPPolicy SS1 eLPPolicy SS2 eLPPolicy GB1 eLP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 60Paragraph 61Paragraph 63Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 142Paragraph 143Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 202
- Judgments
- Wedgewood v City of York Council [2020] EWHC 780 (Admin); Samuel Smiths Old Brewery v North Yorkshire CC [2020] UKSC 3; Forge Field v Sevenoaks DC [2014] EWHC 1895 (Admin)
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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