Land off Sand Lane, Sand Lane, Spalford, NG23 7HG

Planning appeal 3338777 at Land off Sand Lane, Sand Lane, Spalford, NG23 7HG (Newark & Sherwood District Council) was dismissed on 17 September 2024 by Inspector Bartlett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is an appropriate location for new residential development, having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities for future occupiers.

provision of two new live/work dwellings including a separate building containing detached work spaces and under cover parking

Authority: Newark & Sherwood District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bartlett R
Postcode: NG23 7HG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is an appropriate location for new residential development, having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities for future occupiers
Risk of flooding
Effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposal fails the sequential test for flood risk by not demonstrating that no reasonably available sites in lower-risk flood zones exist within the district, and the site is not an appropriate location for new residential development due to poor accessibility to services and facilities and harm to rural character.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Spatial Policy 3Core Policy 10Core Policy 9Policy DM5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 83Paragraph 168

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