Land and buildings South of The Cottage, Old Trough Lane, Sandholme, HU15 2XW

Authority: East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Cryan M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the development having regard to the spatial strategy for the area, and its effects on the character and appearance of the area
Whether the development complies with national and local planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding

What decided it

The development fails to comply with the development plan on two independent grounds: it does not meet the exceptional design standards required for countryside residential development under Policy S4, and it has not been subject to the sequential test required by flood risk policy despite being in an area at highest future flood risk.

Framework references: 170, 176

Plan policies cited: Policy S3, Policy S4, Policy ENV1, Policy ENV2, Policy ENV6, Policy A4

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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