Planning appeal decision
Winter Cottage Stanton Lane, Stanton Under Bardon, Markfield, LE67 9TT
Planning appeal 3321137 at Winter Cottage Stanton Lane, Stanton Under Bardon, Markfield, LE67 9TT (Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 October 2023 by Inspector Rawle S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.
a dwellinghouse
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rawle S
- Postcode
- LE67 9TT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed dwellinghouse having regard to the settlement strategy and local and national policies relating to development within rural areas
What decided it
The harm to character and appearance caused by overdevelopment of the site and the location in an isolated countryside position contrary to settlement strategy and national policy significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of one additional dwelling.
The modest social and economic benefits and very small contribution to housing land supply were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance and the unsustainable location in an isolated countryside position, applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11d) of the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM4Policy DM10Policy DM17Policy DM1Policy M1 of the Markfield Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2020-2039
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80Paragraph 11
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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