Land North West of Chequers Close, Alconbury Weston, Alconbury Weston, PE28 4LE

Rural Exceptions Residential Development for up to 15 dwellings with all matters reserved except access and layout (re-submission of 21/01343/OUT)

Authority: Huntingdonshire District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Wallis D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether or not the proposal would make sufficient provision for affordable housing
the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of existing occupiers in Chequers Close, particularly from noise and disturbance
effects of the development upon social infrastructure

What decided it

The proposal's conflict with the Council's spatial strategy (Policies LP2, LP9 and LP10) by locating housing, including market housing, outside the settlement boundary in an unpreferred location outweighed the benefits of the affordable housing provision.

the substantial weight given to affordable housing provision was outweighed by the greater weight afforded to the conflict and non-conformity with the Development Plan, so the balance tipped against the proposal

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy LP2, Policy LP3, Policy LP4, Policy LP9, Policy LP10, Policy LP14, Policy LP24, Policy LP28

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