®Planning appeal decision
Land at Blackstocks Lane, Blackstocks Lane, Nately Scures, Hampshire, RG27 9PH
the erection of a new dwelling
- Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the landscape character of the area
- The suitability of the site as a location for housing
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, which engages the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11, combined with the significant social benefit of delivering housing that outweighs the modest and localised landscape harm identified.
The significant benefit of delivering a family-sized dwelling to boost housing supply, with limited economic benefits, outweighed the modest and localised harm to landscape character and the limited weight afforded to the conflict with the locational strategy of the development plan, resulting in a presumption in favour of granting permission under the tilted balance
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS6, Policy EM1, Policy EM10
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.