®Planning appeal decision
Land At Oakdown Farm, A30, Dummer, Basingstoke, RG23 7LS
demolition of three dwellings, outbuildings and related structures and construction of commercial and industrial units (use class B8) with ancillary offices (use class E(g)(i)), associated infrastructure works (including park ing and landscaping), and full details of site levels, access, drainage, tree retention and diversion of underground pipeline
- Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- employment-industrial · Major offices/R&D/light industry
- Inspector
- Wilkinson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the landscape character and appearance of the area
- whether or not the scheme includes the infrastructure necessary, directly required and related in scale and kind to the proposed development
What decided it
The extent of harm arising from the appeal scheme's adverse landscape and visual impacts, driven by the scale of floorspace and ground engineering works, was found to be of such significance that it could not be satisfactorily mitigated.
The significant economic benefits, job creation and other material considerations were outweighed by the extent of landscape and visual harm arising from the scheme's scale, massing and ground works, resulting in conflict with the development plan as a whole and dismissal of the appeal.
Framework references: 174, 81-83, 104, 110, 112, 113, 176, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy EM1, Policy EM1b), Policy EM1c), Policy EM1d), Policy EM1f), Policy EP1, Policy EP1g), Policy EP1m), Policy EM4, Policy EM10, Policy EM12, Policy CN9
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.