®Planning appeal decision
Hog Digging Cottage East, Bloswood Lane, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7SA
Planning appeal 3344124 at Hog Digging Cottage East, Bloswood Lane, Whitchurch, Hampshire, RG28 7SA (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 February 2025 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the dwelling would be in a location justified by the development plan spatial strategy for new housing in the countryside.
new 4 bedroom dwelling on land adjacent to Hogdigging Cottage East
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- RG28 7SA
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy SS6Policy SD1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 89
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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