®Planning appeal decision
Strathculm Road, Hele, Exeter, Devon, EX5 4PN
a terrace of 3x3 bed residential properties each with 2x allocated parking spaces to the front and gardens to the front and rear
- Authority
- Mid Devon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is in a suitable location for residential development, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, combined with the limited scale of the proposal and proximity to nearby settlements, meant that the locational harm did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the tilted balance.
the material harm arising from the site's unsuitability of location and conflict with the spatial strategy was outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery in circumstances of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply, assessed against the Framework as a whole
Framework references: 11, 84
Plan policies cited: Policy S14, Policy S1, Policy S2, Policy S3
Judgments cited: Braintree District Council v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and others [2018]
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.