®Planning appeal decision
Land At 362977 147235, Chapelfield, Oakhill, BA3 5BU
outline application for up to 23 no. two storey houses (including 30% affordable housing) with associated parking, hard/soft landscaping and open space, drainage, and infrastructure. Appearance and landscaping reserved matters with access, layout and scale to be determined at outline stage
- Authority
- Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rafferty C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location, having regard to development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the development on the integrity of the SAC
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five year housing land supply engaged the paragraph 11(d) presumption, and the significant weight attached to the housing and affordable housing benefits outweighed the limited harm from conflict with the spatial strategy policies.
The limited weight harm from conflict with Core Policies 1, 2 and 4 was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant weight given to housing and affordable housing delivery plus modest additional benefits, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 4, Development Policy 4, Development Policy 7, Development Policy 11, Development Policy 16, Development Policy 19
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.