®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent The Gatehouse, The Street, Great Hallingbury, Hertfordshire, CM22 7TR
a detached house, cart lodge/store and related works, including an upgraded access
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Couper C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not this is a suitable location for the proposal, having regard to policies which direct housing to existing settlements, the site's accessibility to services and facilities, and to the scheme's impact on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply and failure of the Housing Delivery Test rendered the most important development plan policies out-of-date, triggering the Framework's presumption in favour of sustainable development, which outweighed the limited conflict with the ULP's spatial strategy.
The adverse impacts of the proposal, being limited conflict with the ULP's spatial strategy, would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (housing supply contribution, modest economic, social and environmental benefits, and relative accessibility) when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole; the presumption in favour of sustainable development outweighed the limited conflict with the development plan.
Framework references: 11, 83, 108, 109
Plan policies cited: Policy S7, Policy GEN1, paragraph 6.13, paragraph 6.14
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.