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Land Adjacent to the Sheiling, New Road, Wootton, Isle of Wight, PO33 4JW
Planning appeal 3312325 at Land Adjacent to the Sheiling, New Road, Wootton, Isle of Wight, PO33 4JW (Isle of Wight Council) was allowed on 4 September 2023 by Inspector Partington A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site represents a suitable location for housing having particular regard to its accessibility to shops and services.
five residential lodges with private garden, parking and shared access
- Authority
- Isle of Wight Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Partington A
- Postcode
- PO33 4JW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site represents a suitable location for housing having particular regard to its accessibility to shops and services
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply and the significant weight given to the contribution of five dwellings to housing supply, combined with limited adverse impacts from the policy conflict, meant the presumption in favour of development applied and outweighed the spatial strategy concerns.
The adverse impacts of conflict with the spatial strategy and limited accessibility were limited and would not seriously undermine the Core Strategy; these were outweighed by the significant benefits of contributing five dwellings to housing supply and affordable housing contributions in the context of poor housing delivery on the island, applying the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP1Policy SP7Policy DM17Policy DM4Policy DM2Policy DM12Policy SP5Policy DM14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57
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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