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Dismissed30 May 20243337231

Maldon Farm, Bullington Lane, Sutton Scotney, Hampshire, SO21 3LA

Planning appeal 3337231 at Maldon Farm, Bullington Lane, Sutton Scotney, Hampshire, SO21 3LA (Winchester City Council) was dismissed on 30 May 2024 by Inspector Nicholls H, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal accords with the development plan in terms of its location and nature.

demolition of existing agricultural buildings and a dwelling, extension of the existing mobile home site to accommodate 29 additional mobile homes, associated parking, a package sewage treatment plant and reed bed

Authority
Winchester City Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Nicholls H
Postcode
SO21 3LA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal accords with the development plan in terms of its location and nature
  • whether the proposed units would constitute affordable housing
  • the effects of the proposal on biodiversity, including protected species
  • the effects of the proposal on the Solent Protected Sites

What decided it

The cumulative and unresolved harms — conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy, failure to secure genuine affordable housing, unquantified harm to protected species, and unproven mitigation of nitrate impacts on the Solent Protected Sites — outweighed the limited benefits of the scheme.

the modest benefits of net housing supply, economic activity and partial reuse of previously developed land did not outweigh the identified harms of development plan conflict, lack of affordable housing, harm to protected species, and unresolved harm to the integrity of the Solent Protected Sites

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DS1Policy MTRA4Policy DM1Policies DM10 – DM13Policy CP3Policy CP16Policy CS16Policy MTRA2Policy MTRA3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 63Paragraph 89Paragraph 226
Judgments
Wenman v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) Waverley Borough Council (2) [2015] EWHC 925

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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