®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to the Sheiling, New Road, Wootton, Isle of Wight, PO33 4JW
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
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).
Framework references: 11, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP7, Policy DM17, Policy DM4, Policy DM2, Policy DM12, Policy SP5, Policy DM14
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.