®Planning appeal decision
Land off Leconfield Road, Nanpantan
residential development with associated infrastructure for up to 30 dwellings, including detail of associated point of access. All other matters (landscaping, scale, layout and appearance) reserved
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hockenhull H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area
- the effect of the development on biodiversity
- whether or not the adverse impacts of the development significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits
What decided it
The lack of a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the moderate landscape and heritage harms identified.
The significant benefits of housing land supply, affordable housing, sustainable location, biodiversity net gain and open space outweighed the moderate harm to character and appearance and the less than substantial heritage harm, such that adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 57, 174, 180, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS3, Policy CS11, Policy CS13, Policy CS14, Policy CS15, Policy CS16, Policy CS17, Policy CS24, Policy CS25, Policy ST/2, Draft Policy DS1
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.