®Planning appeal decision
Land at Cranesfield, Sherborne St John , Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG24 9LN
an outline planning application for the erection of up to 26 dwellings and associated infrastructure (with access only for consideration, with all other details for reserved matters)
- Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The character and appearance of the landscape
- Heritage assets, namely Sherborne St John Conservation Area including the non-designated farm pond, grade I listed Church of St Andrew, and grade II listed Manor Farmhouse
- Habitat and protected species
- Housing land supply and requirement
What decided it
The cumulative effect of landscape harm, heritage harm and conflict with the Local Plan's spatial strategy outweighed the benefits of the scheme even though heritage harm alone was outweighed by the benefits.
the significant benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing and economic benefits outweighed the less than substantial heritage harm when considered alone, but when combined with the moderate landscape harm and conflict with the spatial strategy, the harms outweighed the benefits and the appeal was dismissed
Framework references: 11, 77, 205
Plan policies cited: Policy EM1, Policy EM10, Policy EM11, Policy EM4, Policy SD1, Policy SS1, Policy SS6, Policy 2, Policy 10
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.