®Planning appeal decision
64 Hay Street, Steeple Morden, ROYSTON, SG8 0PE
erection of a single residential dwelling
- Authority
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Aston R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for a single residential dwelling, with particular regard to its location, having regard to the adopted spatial strategy
What decided it
The site's location outside the Development Framework in the countryside, where residential development is not supported by Policy S/7, combined with the harmful encroachment on the countryside and unsustainable location requiring reliance on private vehicles, outweighs the minor social and economic benefits of a single dwelling.
The social and economic benefits from a single dwelling (minor housing contribution, minor community vitality and construction benefits) were outweighed by environmental harm from countryside encroachment and increased greenhouse gas emissions, with greater weight given to the harm and conflict with the up-to-date development plan
Framework references: 119
Plan policies cited: Policy S/7, Policy H/16
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.