®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Evenwood Lane, Evenwood Gate, Bishop Auckland, DL14 9ND
the construction of 10 semi detached two bed bungalows, to be built for a social housing provider
- Authority
- Durham County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Storey P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be suitably located, having regard to the spatial strategy of the development plan, and access to day-to-day services and sustainable transport
- the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity, including protected species
What decided it
The proposal's failure to demonstrate that future residents would not be heavily reliant on private vehicles to access day-to-day services, combined with the absence of baseline ecological survey data to confirm that biodiversity harm could be avoided, meant that the benefits of housing delivery could not outweigh the conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy and environmental protection policies.
The benefits of 10 dwellings and affordable housing for vulnerable residents and ex-service personnel were outweighed by the harms arising from conflict with the development plan's policies directing development to sustainable locations and protecting biodiversity, such that the adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 110, 193
Plan policies cited: Policy 6(f), Policy 10(p), Policy 21, Policy 11, Policy 41, Policy 43
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.