®Planning appeal decision
Land to the east of Normanton Road, Edith Weston, LE15 8HD
‘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
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
Framework references: 11, 14, 58
Plan policies cited: Policy CS2, Policy CS3, Policy CS4, Policy SP6, Policy EW1, Policy EW-SG01, Policy EW-SG02, Policy CS6, Policy EW-TM01, Policy CS1(c), Policy CS2(a), Policy EW3, Policy EW-DH01, Policy EW-DH02, Policy EW4, Policy EW6, Policy EW5, Policy CS8, Policy CS11, Policy CS23
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.