Greenlands Nursery 3A, Hackwood Lane, Cliddesden, Hampshire, RG25 2NH

Planning appeal 3350216 at Greenlands Nursery 3A, Hackwood Lane, Cliddesden, Hampshire, RG25 2NH (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was allowed on 26 February 2025 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the dwelling is an exception justified by the development plan spatial strategy for new housing in the countryside.

new bungalow dwelling to replace existing redundant nursery storage/workshop

Authority: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Buchanan R
Postcode: RG25 2NH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the dwelling is an exception justified by the development plan spatial strategy for new housing in the countryside
the significance of relevant planning history and associated housing land supply position

What decided it

The material change in the Council's housing land supply position between granting permission for the recent dwellings and refusing this dwelling, combined with the absence of any other objection from the Council, made it inconsistent to refuse permission for essentially the same development in the same location.

The benefits of housing delivery and consistency with the Council's previous decisions on the same site, weighted substantially, outweighed the conflict with the development plan spatial strategy, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii).

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: LP Policy SS1LP Policy SS6CNP Policy HD1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 14

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