®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to 123 Strongrove Hil, Hungerford, RG17 0SJ
the erection of 2 detached 3 bedroom houses and associated works
- Authority
- West Berkshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Parsons J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be appropriately located, having regard to the spatial strategy and settlement hierarchy under the development plan and landscape and visual appearance
- flood risk and surface drainage
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan taken as a whole due to its location outside settlement boundaries in breach of the spatial strategy, harm to the AONB, and undemonstrated flood risk and drainage compliance, with no material considerations of sufficient weight to override the development plan.
The benefits of housing supply, economic benefits and sustainable location were outweighed by substantial harm to the spatial strategy and settlement hierarchy, the AONB, and unresolved flood risk and drainage concerns, resulting in conflict with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 176, 167, 60, 69
Plan policies cited: Policy ADPP1, Policy C1, Policy ADPP5, Policy CS14, Policy CS19, Policy CS16
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.