®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Ash Lane, Ash Lane, Silchester, Hampshire, RG7 2NH
outline planning application with all matters reserved, except for access and layout, for the erection of 1no. detached dwelling with a detached garage
- Authority
- Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Smith H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to local and national policy, and the accessibility of the site to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would preserve the setting of the Grade II listed building known as 'Haines Farmhouse'
What decided it
The harm to the setting of the Grade II listed building, which engaged the heritage protection exception in paragraph 11d(i) of the Framework, provided a strong reason for refusal that outweighed the modest housing benefit.
The housing benefit of one dwelling was given weight in the context of a five-year housing land supply shortfall, but this was outweighed by the less-than-substantial but considerable harm to the setting of the listed building and the conflicts with development plan policies on countryside protection and character, with the heritage exception to the presumption in favour of sustainable development applying.
Framework references: 11, 214, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS6, Policy EM1, Policy EM10, Policy EM11
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.