®Planning appeal decision
12 Manor Close And Land North Of Manor Close, Bleasby, NOTTINGHAM, NG14 7GE
‘Outline planning application for the erection of up to 9 No. detached, self-build dwellings.’
- Authority
- Newark & Sherwood District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sutton A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the development proposed, having regard to spatial policies of the development plan
- Whether the proposal would comprise a self-build dwelling as defined in the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015 (2015 Act)
- Whether the proposal would satisfy local and national policy with regards flood risk
- The effect of the proposal on the character of the area
What decided it
The proposal failed the flood risk sequential test because reasonably available lower flood risk alternative sites had not been ruled out, and this conflict with flood risk policy could not be outweighed by the identified benefits.
The housing, housing need, self-build policy support and rail accessibility benefits did not outweigh the conflict with flood risk policy, and as a Framework footnote policy protecting flood risk areas applied, the tilted balance in paragraph 11 was not engaged.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Spatial Policy 1, Spatial Policy 3, Policy DM8, Core Policy 10, Policy DM5, Core Policy 13, Core Policy 9
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.