South of Longfield Avenue , Fareham, PO14 1SE

up to 1,200 new homes (C3); 80 bed care homes (C2); a new 2 form entry primary school (D1); a local centre to comprise flexible commercial floorspace (A1, A2, A3 and A5 up to 800sq.m) and Community Centre and Health Care Facility (D1 use up to 700sq.m); the formation of new means of access onto Longfield Avenue and Peak Lane; new open space including the laying out of a new country park and sports facilities; drainage infrastructure; walking and cycling infrastructure and other associated infrastructure works. Summary of Recommendation: The appeal be allowed and planning permission granted 1

Authority: Fareham Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Coffey L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the planning obligations sought would comply with the tests at CIL Regulation 122(2) and paragraph 58 of the Framework (the CIL tests)

What decided it

The scheme's accordance with the development plan (Policy HA55) combined with substantial benefits outweighing limited identified harms, once the planning obligations were tested and refined against the CIL Regulation 122 requirements.

The substantial benefits of the scheme (housing delivery, biodiversity net gain, sustainable travel and community infrastructure) were found to outweigh the limited harms identified (reduction of the strategic gap, loss of best and most versatile agricultural land, change to landscape character, and increased congestion).

Framework references: 11, 35, 56, 57, 58, 61, 103, 105, 116

Plan policies cited: Policy HA55, Policy HP5, Policy HP7, Policy HP8, Policy HP9, Policy CC1, Policy CC2, Policy NE1, Policy NE2, Policy NE3, Policy NE4, Policy NE5, Policy NE6, Policy NE9, Policy TIN1, Policy TIN2, Policy TIN4, Policy D1, Policy D2, Policy D3, Policy D4, Policy D5, Policy R4

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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