®Planning appeal decision
The Street, Bramley, Hampshire, RG26 5BP
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
- Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Robins M
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
Framework references: 11, 174, 199, 202, 188, 111, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS5, Policy SS6, Policy SD1, Policy EM1, Policy EM10, Policy EM10 2c, Policy EM11, Policy CN6, Policy EM6, Policy EM12, NDP Policy H1, NDP Policy D1
Judgments cited: 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)
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.