®Planning appeal decision
Land at Frome Road, Norton St Philip, BA2 7NW
application for outline planning permission (all matters reserved) for a residential development of up to 30 dwellings (including 10 affordable dwellings), formation of access, ancillary public open space and landscaping (Re- submission)
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rose C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for housing, with particular regard to the local development strategy and including effects on the character and appearance of the area
- whether affordable housing, public open space, sustainable urban drainage, travel plan measures, public footpath links and highway infrastructure improvement planning obligations are necessary and suitably provided
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the scale and density of development disrupting the linear low-density transitional pattern between the settlement and countryside outweighs the considerable benefits of housing delivery and affordable housing provision.
The considerable weight attributed to housing benefits and affordable housing provision was outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance of the area, with the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 57
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 4, Policy DP1, Policy DP4, Policy DP7, Policy DP11
Judgments cited: Case No: CO/323/2022
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.