Planning appeal decision
Railway Cottage Allington Lane, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50 7DE
Planning appeal 3308229 at Railway Cottage Allington Lane, Fair Oak, Eastleigh, SO50 7DE (Eastleigh Borough Council) was dismissed on 14 July 2023 by Inspector Redford R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to relevant local policies relating to new development in the countryside.
a new end of terrace 3 bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Redford R
- Postcode
- SO50 7DE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to relevant local policies relating to new development in the countryside
- The effect of the proposal on European protected sites and protected species
- Whether the proposal would provide sufficient biodiversity net gain
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan's countryside policy and fails to demonstrate it would not adversely affect European protected sites and protected species, and these harms outweigh the limited housing benefit.
The limited housing benefit of one dwelling attracted limited weight and did not outweigh the adverse impacts of harm to European protected sites and protected species and departure from the development plan's spatial strategy
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy S5Policy DM11
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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