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Dismissed8 May 20253351864

Street Record, Leas Close, Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, LE17 5FY

Planning appeal 3351864 at Street Record, Leas Close, Ullesthorpe, Leicestershire, LE17 5FY (Harborough District Council) was dismissed on 8 May 2025 by Inspector Sibley G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area.

7no. new dwellinghouses

Authority
Harborough District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Sibley G
Postcode
LE17 5FY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the proposal upon the ecology and biodiversity of the site and its surroundings

What decided it

The combination of significant harm to character and appearance and unmitigated harm to biodiversity, with insufficient evidence to determine that biodiversity harm could be avoided or adequately mitigated, outweighed the moderate benefits of housing delivery in a context of housing land supply shortfall.

The moderate benefits of delivering seven dwellings and contributing to housing supply were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance and the unresolved harm to biodiversity, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GD2Policy GD8Policy GI5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 135Paragraph 187Paragraph 193

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