®Planning appeal decision
Fairleigh, Georgeham, BRAUNTON, EX33 1JZ
the provision of 2nos houses for social rent, the modernisation of 1nos existing house (currently in the form of 2nos flats), and the provision of 7nos open market dwelling houses
- Authority
- North Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rennie S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the proposal includes an appropriate housing mix
- Whether the proposal would provide appropriate standard living conditions for neighbours and future residents
- Whether the proposal provides suitable bicycle and bin storage
- The effect of the development on biodiversity including internationally designated sites
- Whether the proposal provides a suitable sustainable construction and drainage strategy for the development
What decided it
The combined harms to future occupier living conditions, housing mix, protected species safeguarding and drainage strategy were significant and, when assessed against the Framework as a whole, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery.
The benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits were given modest weight, but the significant harms to living conditions of future occupiers, housing mix deficiency, lack of protected species information and inadequate drainage strategy significantly and demonstrably outweighed these benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 174, 176, 178
Plan policies cited: DM04, DM08A, ST04, GEO, H5, BE1, BE3, BE4, H1, ST17, DM01, DM08, ST09, ST14, NE1, NE2, DM02, ST03, ST05, NE4, BE7
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.