®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Danby, Southford Lane, Whitwell, Isle of Wight, PO38 2QJ
demolition of former piggery buildings; detached bungalow (revised scheme)
- Authority
- Isle of Wight Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Leonard S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for residential development, having regard to its accessibility to facilities and services
- Whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate mitigation for the European Protected Sites, with particular regard to nitrates impacts
What decided it
The location of the appeal site would not provide a suitable site for housing development and would not give future occupiers a genuine choice to travel to facilities and services other than by private car, such that the significant harm from poor accessibility would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
The modest benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing contribution, economic benefits from construction and occupation, and potential self-build provision were outweighed by the significant harm arising from the unsustainable location and poor accessibility to facilities and services, such that the proposal would not be a sustainable form of development.
Framework references: 11, 73, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP7, Policy DM17, Policy DM4
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.