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Dismissed23 October 20243345746

25 Heath End Road, Baughurst, Hampshire, RG26 5LX

Planning appeal 3345746 at 25 Heath End Road, Baughurst, Hampshire, RG26 5LX (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was dismissed on 23 October 2024 by Inspector Phillips B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on public safety, with particular regard to the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) off-site emergency planning arrangements.

the erection of a new mixed use building and associated parking

Authority
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Phillips B
Postcode
RG26 5LX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on public safety, with particular regard to the Aldermaston Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) off-site emergency planning arrangements
  • whether sufficient information has been provided in relation to the proposed use

What decided it

The adverse effect on public safety arising from the inability of the off-site nuclear emergency planning arrangements to accommodate the additional residential unit in an already highly populated sector of the DEPZ, which conflicts with LP Policy SS7 and Framework public safety objectives, outweighs the limited housing and economic benefits of a single dwelling.

The significant weight given to public safety and the conflict with LP Policy SS7 and Framework paragraph 11 significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited social and economic benefits of one additional dwelling and a small retail unit, even accounting for the Council's housing land supply shortfall of 4.2 years.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SS7Policy EP1Policy CN7Policy CN8
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 8

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