®Planning appeal decision
Land to the rear of 81 and 83 Dore Road, Sheffield, S17 3ND
erection of two three storey buildings to provide residential apartments, with associated basement, car parking, works of hard and soft landscaping and other works incidental to the application proposals
- Authority
- Sheffield City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal should make a commitment to affordable housing provision
What decided it
The proposal's failure to secure appropriate contributions towards affordable housing provision, when the appeal site is properly aggregated with earlier phases of development at the same location, conflicts with Policy CS40 and the Framework's requirement to provide affordable homes, and this conflict cannot be outweighed by housing supply benefits under paragraph 11(d)(ii).
The benefits of housing delivery and use of a suitable small site within an existing settlement were outweighed by the significant conflict with affordable housing policy requirements, particularly given that paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework specifically refers to providing affordable homes.
Framework references: 11, 64, 65, 66, 73
Plan policies cited: Policy CS40 of the Sheffield Development Framework: Core Strategy (2009), Guideline GAH1 of the Council's Community Infrastructure Levy and Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document (2015)
Judgments cited: New Dawn Homes Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government & Tewksbury Borough Council; Tesco Stores Ltd v Dundee City Council [2012] UKSC 13; Trump International Golf Club Scotland Ltd v the Scottish Ministers [2015] UKSC 74; Cherkley Campaign Ltd, R (on the application of) v Mole Valley DC & Anor [2014] EWCA Civ 567; The Queen on the Application of the City of Westminster v First Secretary of State Brandlord Limited [2002]
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