®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent 34 & 36 Lindisfarne Way, Northampton, Northamptonshire , NN4 0WJ
construction of a new detached 3 bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bartlett R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- the loss of garden space for occupiers of the existing dwelling
- the effect on protected species
- the achievement of a 10% Biodiversity Net Gain
What decided it
The harm to character and appearance through the cramped layout and risk to protected trees, combined with loss of private amenity space for the existing dwelling, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of delivering one additional dwelling in a sustainable location.
The modest social and economic benefits of one dwelling in a sustainable location were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to character and appearance and loss of neighbour amenity, such that the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11d did not favour the proposal.
Framework references: 135, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy Q1 of the Northampton Local Plan Part 2 (2023), Policy Q2 of the Northampton Local Plan Part 2 (2023), Policy H1 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Local Plan (Part 1) (2014), Policy BN2 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Local Plan (Part 1) (2014), Policy ENV3 of the Northampton Local Plan Part 2 (2023)
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.