®Planning appeal decision
Alton Radio Site, rear of 21 Abbey Road, Medstead, GU34 5PB
Stage 1 Planning in Principle Application for the erection of between 3 and 6 Dwellings on land to the rear of Keri
- Authority
- East Hampshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hocking P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be acceptable in terms of its location, land use and amount of development, having regard to local and national planning policy
What decided it
The location and land use of the proposal are not acceptable in principle as the site lies outside the settlement boundary in countryside where new residential development is not directed by policy, and the rear siting would erode the rural character and linear sense of place of the area.
the modest housing contribution and other considerations did not outweigh the considerable harms to location and land use, and the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy CP10, Policy CP19, Policy CP20, Policy CP27, Policy CP29, Policy CP31, Policy 1 of the adopted Medstead and Four Marks Neighbourhood Plan, 2016
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.