®Planning appeal decision
Land North Of Windsoredge Lane , Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, GL6 0NP
Planning appeal 3329704 at Land North Of Windsoredge Lane , Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, GL6 0NP (Stroud District Council) was allowed on 17 July 2024 by Inspector Shearing C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitably located for new housing, with regard to the Council's spatial strategy.
‘between 2 and 4 custom build houses’
- Authority
- Stroud District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Shearing C
- Postcode
- GL6 0NP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitably located for new housing, with regard to the Council's spatial strategy
- The effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
- The effects on designated habitat sites
What decided it
The significant shortfall in self-build housing permissions (potentially 112 plots) rendered the Council's self-build policies out of date, engaging the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d), and the benefits of delivering 2-4 self-build homes outweighed the conflict with the spatial strategy.
The adverse impacts of granting permission, comprising conflict with the Council's spatial strategy, did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of providing 2-4 self-build homes in the context of a substantial shortfall in such permissions and moderate economic benefits, with the presumption in favour of sustainable development therefore applying.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP2Policy CP3Policy CP15Policy HC3Policy EN7Policy ES6draft Policy HC4ELP Policy DHC2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.