Planning appeal decision
Land off Main Street, Cottesmore, LE15 7DH
Planning appeal 3331018 at Land off Main Street, Cottesmore, LE15 7DH (Rutland County Council) was dismissed on 10 April 2024 by Inspector Cooper P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The location of the appeal site from a local planning policy perspective.
erection of no. 8 dwellings on land to the southeast of Main Street, Cottesmore
- Authority
- Rutland County Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cooper P
- Postcode
- LE15 7DH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The location of the appeal site from a local planning policy perspective
- The housing mix of the proposed development, and meeting affordable housing need
What decided it
The conflict with the Cottesmore Neighbourhood Plan policies on housing mix and on-site affordable housing provision outweighed the benefits of the principle of development and housing supply contribution.
The benefits of the principle of development and contribution to housing supply were outweighed by the conflict with neighbourhood plan policies on housing mix and affordable housing provision
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS4Policy SP6Policy H1Policy COT H2Policy COT H3
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision 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.
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