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Allowed25 February 20253323586

Land to the East of Normanton Road, Edith Weston, LE15 8HD

Planning appeal 3323586 at Land to the East of Normanton Road, Edith Weston, LE15 8HD (Rutland County Council) was allowed on 25 February 2025 by Inspector Chamberlain G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan.

‘Outline application for up to 62 no. dwellings, landscaping and open space with all matters reserved except access’

Authority
Rutland County Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Chamberlain G
Postcode
LE15 8HD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development, with reference to the spatial strategy in the development plan
  • The accessibility of services and facilities
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area
  • The effect on the integrity of the Rutland Water Special Protection Area
  • Whether the adverse impacts of the proposal would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits

What decided it

The Council's acute inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply meant that under the Paragraph 11(d)(ii) tilted balance, the benefits of housing delivery outweighed the identified harms.

the significant cumulative benefits of housing delivery, including affordable and self-build housing, biodiversity net gain and open space, outweighed the moderate harms to the spatial strategy, accessibility and countryside character, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS2Policy CS3Policy CS4Policy SP6Policy EW1Policy EW-SG01Policy EW-SG02Policy CS6Policy EW-TM01Policy CS1(c)Policy CS2(a)Policy EW3Policy EW-DH01Policy EW-DH02Policy EW4Policy EW6Policy EW5Policy CS8Policy CS11Policy CS23
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 58

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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