®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Meadow Brook Oslands Lane, Swanwick, SOUTHAMPTON, SO31 7EG
to erect 1 No. 4 bedroom house with garage and parking
- Authority
- Fareham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Leonard S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for a dwelling, having particular regard to flood risk and the application of the Sequential Test
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to access design
- The effect of the proposal on the integrity of the Solent Coastal SPAs and the New Forest SPA/SAC/Ramsar
What decided it
The appellant's failure to provide a Sequential Test demonstrating that no reasonably available sites in lower flood risk areas were suitable for the development, combined with the location of the sole vehicular access within Flood Zone 3, meant the proposal conflicted with Local Plan Policy CC2 and Framework guidance on flood risk, and this significant environmental harm outweighed the housing and economic benefits.
The significant harm arising from flood risk and failure to satisfy the Sequential Test significantly and demonstrably outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits, such that the proposal would not constitute sustainable development and the conflict with the development plan was not outweighed by other considerations including the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 60, 70, 8, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy CC2, Policy TIN2, Policy NE3, Policy NE4
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.