®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Harrow Drive, Headley, RG19 8FH
Planning appeal 3324596 at Land Adjacent to Harrow Drive, Headley, RG19 8FH (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 March 2024 by Inspector Catcheside E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use, and the amount of development proposed, with particular regard to (a) the spatial strategy set out in the development plan, and (b) the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
a single residential dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Catcheside E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use, and the amount of development proposed, with particular regard to (a) the spatial strategy set out in the development plan, and (b) the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The cumulative weight of the modest benefits from a single dwelling would not be sufficient to outweigh the significant harm to character and appearance and the conflict with the spatial strategy, even under the tilted balance.
The modest social and economic benefits of one additional dwelling and its contribution to housing supply, carrying moderate weight, were outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance and the conflict with spatial strategy policies, resulting in adverse impacts that significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy SS6Policy HD1Policy EM1Policy EM10Policy SD1Policy L1Policy HD3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 77Paragraph 226
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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