®Planning appeal decision
Land to the North of Dradfield Lane, Soberton , Hampshire, SO32 3QD
Planning appeal 3311622 at Land to the North of Dradfield Lane, Soberton , Hampshire, SO32 3QD (Winchester City Council) was dismissed on 20 October 2023 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: whether the polytunnel has increased the risk of flooding.
Appeal A: unauthorised erection of a polytunnel; Appeal B: unauthorised erection of boards attached to two five bar metal gates; Appeal C: improved farm access (retrospective) with the erection of 1.75m high oak access gates and polytunnel
- Authority
- Winchester City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
- Postcode
- SO32 3QD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: whether the polytunnel has increased the risk of flooding
- Appeal B: the effect of the gates on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- Appeal C: whether the polytunnel has increased the risk of flooding; the effect of the access works and gates on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
What decided it
In Appeals A and B, the failure to demonstrate that flood risk would not increase (Appeal A) and the visual harm to rural character (Appeal B) were decisive. In Appeal C, the severability of the access and gates from the polytunnel, combined with their accordance with development plan policy on character and appearance, allowed the former while the latter remained in conflict with flood risk policy.
No balancing exercise was undertaken; the proposals were assessed against development plan policy and found to conflict (Appeals A and B) or accord (access and gates in Appeal C) with it, with no material considerations indicating a different decision.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP17Policy DM17Policy CP20Policy DM15Policy DM16Policy DM23
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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