Land adjacent to Happy Cafe, Sandtoft Airfield, Sandtoft Road, Belton, N. Lincs, DN9 1PN

3 bedroom detached bungalow

Authority: North Lincolnshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Moore J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for new housing, with particular regard to the accessibility of necessary services and facilities

What decided it

The poor accessibility of the site to necessary services and facilities, requiring reliance on private car travel, means the proposal would not enhance or maintain the vitality of the rural community and conflicts with sustainable development principles, and this harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the limited benefits of one dwelling.

The adverse impact of locational harm and poor accessibility significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery, temporary economic benefits, and meeting the personal mobility needs of the café owners, such that the proposal did not benefit from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

Framework references: 11, 79

Plan policies cited: Policy CS2, Policy CS3, Policy CS8, Saved Policy RD2

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