Knights Templar Court Nursing Home, Throop Road, Templecombe, Somerset, BA8 0HR

the demolition of the existing buildings and the erection of 18 detached bungalows with associated parking and access

Authority: South Somerset District Council *
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Jones GP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the adequacy of the submitted information with regard to local ecology and biodiversity
whether the scheme should proceed without a mechanism for securing the financial contributions sought by the Council for infrastructure delivery

What decided it

The appellant's viability assessment demonstrated that the financial contributions sought by the Council would render the scheme unviable, justifying departure from Policy SS6 and allowing the development to proceed without a s.106 obligation.

The benefits of residential development and housing delivery outweighed the Council's concerns about the absence of financial contributions towards infrastructure, given the demonstrated viability constraints.

Plan policies cited: Policy SS6, Policy EQ4, Policy EQ5

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