Hog Digging Cottage East, Bloswood Lane, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7SA

new 4 bedroom dwelling on land adjacent to Hogdigging Cottage East

Authority: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Buchanan R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the dwelling would be in a location justified by the development plan spatial strategy for new housing in the countryside

What decided it

The dwelling would be an isolated form of development in the countryside that conflicts with the spatial strategy policies SS1 and SS6, and the harm to these important policies significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of housing delivery despite the Council's housing land supply shortfall.

the significant shortfall in housing land supply and benefits of housing delivery were outweighed by the significant harm to the spatial strategy objectives and the marked weight of Policies SS1 and SS6, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply

Framework references: 11, 84, 89

Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS6, Policy SD1

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