Alton Radio Site, Rear of 21 Abbey Road, Medstead, GU34 5PB

Planning appeal 3332870 at Alton Radio Site, Rear of 21 Abbey Road, Medstead, GU34 5PB (East Hampshire District Council) was dismissed on 8 May 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: GU34 5PB

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CP1Policy CP2Policy CP10Policy CP19Policy CP20Policy CP27Policy CP29Policy CP31Policy 1 of the adopted Medstead and Four Marks Neighbourhood Plan, 2016
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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