Land Adjacent To 17 Whitwell Road, Empingham, LE15 8PX

two new stone dwellings

Authority: Rutland County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bromley N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The angled orientation of the proposed dwellings, departing from the uniform pattern of development along Whitwell Road and appearing discordant within the landscape, combined with their prominence and the harm to views from the adjacent cemetery, outweighed the limited housing and environmental benefits.

The benefits of housing delivery and biodiversity enhancement were outweighed by the identified harm to the character and appearance of the area

Plan policies cited: Policy CS19 of the Rutland Core Strategy Development Plan Document 2011, Policy SP6 of the Site Allocations Development Plan Document 2014, Policy SP15 of the Site Allocations Development Plan Document 2014, Policy SP23 of the Site Allocations Development Plan Document 2014, Design Guidelines for Rutland Supplementary Planning Document 2022

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