®Planning appeal decision
Honeycombe Field, Church Farm, Little Rissington, GL54 2NE
Planning appeal 3316891 at Honeycombe Field, Church Farm, Little Rissington, GL54 2NE (Cotswold District Council) was dismissed on 28 September 2023 by Inspector Griffiths P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether any accordance with paragraph 80 e) of the National Planning Policy Framework would be a matter of such weight, as a material consideration, to justify setting aside the approach of the development plan to new housing outside principal and non-principal settlements, and to the protection of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
a new house of exceptional quality (NPPF paragraph 80e) to be built together with Passivhaus Premium Standard with associated landscape and biodiversity enhancement measures
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Griffiths P
- Postcode
- GL54 2ND
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether any accordance with paragraph 80 e) of the National Planning Policy Framework would be a matter of such weight, as a material consideration, to justify setting aside the approach of the development plan to new housing outside principal and non-principal settlements, and to the protection of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- Whether the proposals meet the requirements of paragraph 80 e) of the Framework
What decided it
The proposed design failed to meet the high bar of 'exceptional quality' required by NPPF paragraph 80 e), so it could not justify departing from the development plan's restriction on isolated homes in the countryside and the AONB.
No material consideration (including paragraph 80 e) of the Framework) was of sufficient weight to justify setting aside the provisions of the development plan, which the proposal conflicted with.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DS4Policy EN5Policy EN4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80
- Judgments
- Braintree; Bramshill
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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