®Planning appeal decision
North End, Creech St Michael , TA3 5EB
Planning appeal 3329488 at North End, Creech St Michael , TA3 5EB (Somerset West and Taunton *) was allowed on 14 February 2024 by Inspector Rose D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and its relationship with adjacent and nearby residential properties.
The erection of up to 100 dwellings with public open space, landscaping, sustainable drainage system (SuDS), and vehicular access point. All matters reserved except for means of access
- Authority
- Somerset West and Taunton *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rose D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area and its relationship with adjacent and nearby residential properties
- whether the Council can demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites and, if not, the degree and implications of any shortfall
- whether, or to what extent, the proposed development complies with the development plan when read as a whole, having particular regard to its spatial strategy
- whether or not the tilted balance under paragraph 11 d) of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) is engaged; and the determination of the resultant planning balance, in light of all material considerations
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the substantial benefits of housing delivery were found not to be significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the identified harms.
the limited/moderate harms arising from the proposal, and the conflict with the development plan taken as a whole, would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the overall significant scale of benefits that would accrue from granting planning permission
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP8Policy SP1Policy DM2Policy CP4Policy SP4Policy DM1Policy SB1Policy CSM 10Policy CP1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 180
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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