®Planning appeal decision
Land at 21 Billington Road East, Elmesthorpe, LEICESTER, LE9 7SB
the demolition of exiting agricultural barns and erection of three dwellings, including associated access road and hardstanding
- Authority
- Blaby District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cryan M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be an appropriate location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national planning policy
- Whether future occupiers of the proposed dwellings would have acceptable access to key services by a range of transport modes
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The substantial harm from developing isolated dwellings in the countryside with poor access to services and harm to rural character significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The modest benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits from construction were outweighed by substantial harm from isolation, poor access to services by sustainable transport modes, and harm to the character and appearance of the countryside
Framework references: 11, 83, 84, 135, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy CS5, Policy CS10, Policy CS18, Policy CS24, Policy DM2
Judgments cited: Braintree DC v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2018] EWCA Civ 610; Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling BC [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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.