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Allowed29 September 20223296510

Land at Hill Farm, , Hempsted Lane, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 5LA

Planning appeal 3296510 at Land at Hill Farm, , Hempsted Lane, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 5LA (Gloucester City Council) was allowed on 29 September 2022 by Inspector Price J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to odour, and/or constrain the future operation of NSTW.

Erection of up to 185 dwellings with public open space, structural planting and landscaping, surface water flood mitigation and attenuation and vehicular access point from Hempsted Lane, with all matters reserved except for means of vehicular access

Authority
Gloucester City Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Price J
Postcode
GL2 5LA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers, with particular regard to odour, and/or constrain the future operation of NSTW
  • the proposal's effects on the risk of flooding in and around the site
  • on biodiversity
  • and on the character and appearance of the area, including the landscape setting of Hempsted village and the HCA

What decided it

The significant shortfall in the Council's five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the identified harms were not sufficient to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the substantial benefits of the housing scheme.

the significant benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing and moderate environmental/social benefits outweighed the limited harm from conflict with the JCS spatial strategy and the less-than-substantial heritage harm, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP1Policy SP2Policy SD10Policy SD4Policy SD7Policy SD8Policy SD9Policy SD14Policy INF1Policy INF2Policy INF6Policy REV1Policy WCS11Policy FRP.12Policy C6Policy CS6Policy E1Policy E2Policy E6Policy E8Policy D1Policy A1Core Policy WCS2 – Waste ReductionPolicy SR01
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 174Paragraph 74Paragraph 111Paragraph 57Paragraph 202Paragraph 11Paragraph 56

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