®Planning appeal decision
Land OS 1805 Adj Ciderpress Farm, Knole Long, Sutton, Langport, Somerset, TA10 9HY
the erection of 1no. dwelling with detached garage and adaptation of existing vehicular access
- Authority
- Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location of the proposed dwelling would accord with the spatial strategy of the development plan
What decided it
The proposal would encourage unsustainable patterns of development by motor vehicle travel and conflict with the spatial strategy of the development plan, and the limited benefits of a single dwelling would not outweigh this harm even in the context of the Council's housing land supply shortfall.
The adverse impacts on the district's housing strategy and of increasing travel by motor vehicles would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
Framework references: 11, 232
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS2, Policy TA5
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.