®Planning appeal decision
Land off Desford Lane, Ratby, LE6 0HF
Planning appeal 3330774 at Land off Desford Lane, Ratby, LE6 0HF (Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council) was allowed on 28 February 2024 by Inspector Davies G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The spatial strategy of the development plan, in relation to the location of new development.
an outline planning application for the erection of up to 225 dwellings (including 40% affordable housing) with public open space, landscaping and sustainable drainage system (SuDS) and a vehicular access point. All matters reserved except for means of access
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Davies G
- Postcode
- LE6 0HF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The spatial strategy of the development plan, in relation to the location of new development
- The landscape
- Accessibility to services and facilities
- The settings of the grade II* listed Church of St Philip and St James, and of the Ratby Conservation Area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance in paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, and the identified harms did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, particularly the delivery of market and affordable housing.
The limited weight given to conflict with the spatial strategy and the moderate weight given to landscape harm were outweighed by the significant weight given to housing delivery (including affordable housing) and other lesser benefits, such that the tilted balance favoured granting permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 6Policy 7Policy 8Policy DM1Policy DM4Policy DM10Policy DM11Policy DM12Policy DM17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 54Paragraph 56Paragraph 76Paragraph 77Paragraph 180Paragraph 205Paragraph 208Paragraph 226
- Judgments
- Monkhill Ltd v SSHCLG [2019] EWHC 1993 (Admin); Monkhill Ltd v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ 74; Bramley Solar Farm Residents' Group v SSLUHC and others [2023] EWHC 2842 (Admin)
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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