®Planning appeal decision
Land at Neats House, Common Rd, , Headley, , Thatcham, Hampshire, RG19 8AW
Planning appeal 3301262 at Land at Neats House, Common Rd, , Headley, , Thatcham, Hampshire, RG19 8AW (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was allowed on 28 November 2022 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would accord with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan having regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the area.
erection of two detached dwellings
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marigold O
- Postcode
- RG19 8AW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would accord with the spatial strategy of the Development Plan having regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the existence of a realistic fallback position (an approved single dwelling), meant that the modest additional housing benefit of the two-dwelling proposal outweighed the moderate conflict with the development plan.
The moderate harm to character and appearance and conflict with the development plan was outweighed by the small but positive contribution to housing supply, the limiting effect of the fallback position, and modest economic and social benefits, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii) due to the Council's lack of five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- BDLP Policy SS1BDLP Policy SS6BDLP Policy EM1BDLP Policy EM10Policy L1 of the Ashford Hill with Headley Neighbourhood Plan
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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