®Planning appeal decision
Land on the South and South East side of Harts Lane, Burghclere, Hampshire, RG20 9JD
residential development of 25 dwellings with access on to Harts Lane, with associated open space, infrastructure, drainage, landscaping, and accessible natural greenspace
- Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Cragg D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development having regard to the spatial strategy in the Development Plan
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area, combined with conflict with the neighbourhood plan's spatial strategy which attracted paragraph 14 protection, meant the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits.
The significant weight given to the package of housing, affordable housing and other benefits was outweighed by the significant harm to landscape character and visual amenity and conflict with the neighbourhood plan's spatial strategy, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 14, 49, 58, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74, 80, 84, 110, 115
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS2, Policy SS5, Policy SS6, Policy EM1, Policy EM10, Policy CN1, Policy CN3, Policy CN6, Policy CN8, Policy SD1, Policy B1, Policy B2, Policy B4, Policy B5, Policy B8, Policy B9, Policy B10
Judgments cited: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council vs SoS LUHC and Bewley Homes PLC [2024] EWHC 1916 (Admin) dated 25th July 2024
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