®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent, Station Road, Wanstrow, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4SZ
Planning appeal 3296599 at Land Adjacent, Station Road, Wanstrow, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4SZ (Mendip District Council *) was allowed on 21 October 2022 by Inspector Fish A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site offers a suitable location for housing having regard to the spatial strategy for housing in the development plan.
Outline planning permission with some matters reserved for erection of 4 no. dwellinghouses with details of access and layout
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
- Postcode
- BA4 4SZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site offers a suitable location for housing having regard to the spatial strategy for housing in the development plan
- Whether the appeal site offers a suitable location in terms of access to services and facilities
- Whether the appeal proposal provides a suitable strategy for the disposal of surface water
- Whether the scheme would provide suitable living conditions for future occupiers having regard to contamination
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply, which engaged the tilted balance test and meant that the moderate benefits of housing delivery and community support outweighed the moderate harm from conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy.
The moderate adverse impacts of conflict with the spatial strategy for housing in the development plan did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the moderate benefits of housing supply contribution and economic and social benefits to the rural community, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d) due to the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 1Core Policy 2Core Policy 4Policy DP7Policy DP23Policy DP8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 105Paragraph 11Paragraph 69Paragraph 79
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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