Land to the rear of 230 Station Road, Melbourne, DERBY, DE73 8BQ

the erection of 2no. dwellings with associated new access and landscaping on land to the rear of 230 Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8BQ adjacent approved planning application DMPA/2020/0103

Authority: South Derbyshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bayliss G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for housing having regard to the settlement strategy and the effect on the countryside

What decided it

The appeal site is separated from the settlement boundary by a significant open field which prevents it from being regarded as infill or adjacent to the settlement, and the Council's demonstrated five-year housing land supply means the limited housing benefits cannot outweigh the policy conflict.

The limited benefits of two additional dwellings and economic and social benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to the countryside and conflict with the settlement strategy

Framework references: 120

Plan policies cited: Policy H1, Policy BNE5, Policy S1

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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