®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Tibshelf Road, Fackley, NG17 3JD
Planning appeal 3331066 at Land South of Tibshelf Road, Fackley, NG17 3JD (Ashfield District Council) was dismissed on 23 April 2024 by Inspector Townend K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is an appropriate location for the proposed housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area and the character and openness of the area.
outline planning permission for 9 dwellings
- Authority
- Ashfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Townend K
- Postcode
- NG17 3JD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is an appropriate location for the proposed housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area and the character and openness of the area
- whether the site is an appropriate location for the proposed housing, having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities
What decided it
The significant and demonstrable harm to the character and openness of the countryside and the lack of sustainable accessibility to services and facilities, when weighed against the limited housing benefits of nine dwellings, outweighed the presumption in favour of development under paragraph 11d) of the Framework.
The significant harms to character, openness and sustainability of location significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits from housing supply and economic benefits, such that the presumption in favour of development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ST1Policy ST4Policy EV1Policy EV2Policy NP1Policy NP2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 60Paragraph 83Paragraph 109Paragraph 114Paragraph 225
- Judgments
- R (on the application of Samuel Smith Old Brewery (Tadcaster) and others) v North Yorkshire County Council [2020] UKSC 3; Gladman Developments Limited v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Corby Borough Council and Uttlesford District Council [2021] EWCA Civ 104
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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