®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Harrow Drive, Headley, RG19 8FH
a single residential dwelling
- Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- 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
Framework references: 11, 77, 226
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS6, Policy HD1, Policy EM1, Policy EM10, Policy SD1, Policy L1, Policy HD3
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.