®Planning appeal decision
The Street, Bramley, Hampshire, RG26 5BP
Planning appeal 3302752 at The Street, Bramley, Hampshire, RG26 5BP (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was allowed on 29 March 2023 by Inspector Robins M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal complies with the development plan and if not, whether there are any material considerations that would justify a departure from it, including the extent of the housing land supply shortfall.
for the demolition of one dwelling and erection of up to 140 dwellings and a community building of up to 250sqm under Use Class E, together with sports and leisure facilities
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Robins M
- Postcode
- RG26 5BP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal complies with the development plan and if not, whether there are any material considerations that would justify a departure from it, including the extent of the housing land supply shortfall
- The effect of the proposal on the landscape character and appearance of the area, including the settlement pattern
- The effect on heritage assets
- Whether the proposal makes adequate provision for foul drainage and other infrastructure requirements
- The effect on transport capacity and highway safety
What decided it
Under the paragraph 11d)ii tilted balance, the very significant benefits of housing delivery, economic activity, community facilities and biodiversity outweighed the identified less-than-substantial heritage harm and other moderate harms.
the very significant weight given to housing, economic, community facility and biodiversity benefits outweighed the less-than-substantial heritage harm, moderate landscape harm and moderate harm from loss of BMV land, such that adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy SS5Policy SS6Policy SD1Policy EM1Policy EM10Policy EM10 2cPolicy EM11Policy CN6Policy EM6Policy EM12NDP Policy H1NDP Policy D1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 174Paragraph 199Paragraph 202Paragraph 188Paragraph 111Paragraph 57
- Judgments
- R(Wyatt)v Farnham Borough Council [2022] EWCA Civ983; Council of the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne v SSLUHC [2022] EWHC 2751 (Admin); Visao Limited v SSHCLG [2019] EWHC 276 (Admin)
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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