®Planning appeal decision
Land north west of Blenheim Rise, Kings Sutton, OX17 3QY
outline planning application with all matters reserved except access for the erection of up to 32 dwellings including affordable housing, together with creation of new areas of open space, a new access off Hampton Drive, landscaping and all enabling and ancillary works
- Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Jordan A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be in an appropriate location, having regard to local and national policies which advocate development in locations which are accessible to local services and restraint to development in a countryside location
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including landscape character
- The effects of the proposal on heritage assets, in particular, archaeological remains
- Whether the proposal makes adequate provision for infrastructure including affordable housing
What decided it
The proposal's conflict with Policies R1 and LH1 restricting development outside the settlement boundary, which the benefits of the scheme were not sufficient to outweigh given the up-to-date development plan and 6.9-year housing land supply.
the significant weight given to housing and affordable housing benefits, together with lesser weight to economic benefits, biodiversity net gain and open space, did not outweigh the conflict with the development plan taken as a whole, so the balance tipped against the proposal
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy R1, Policy LH1, Policy SS1, Policy S10, Policy SS2, Policy NE1, Policy NE2, Policy BN5, Policy HE1, Policy HE2, Policy INF1, Policy LH8
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.