Land between Linden House and Rose Cottage, Wavering Lane West , Gillingham, Dorset, SP8 4NR

Authority: Dorset
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Jones GP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether this is an appropriate location for the proposed residential development having regard to development plan policy, accessibility to services/facilities and the material considerations

What decided it

The serious housing land supply shortfall in the area and the national priority for housing delivery, as material considerations of the highest importance, outweighed the development plan's protection of this small part of the designated countryside on the urban fringe.

The weighty material considerations regarding housing land supply shortfall and the national priority for sustainable housing delivery outweighed the conflict with development plan policies protecting the countryside designation

Framework references: 11, 232

Plan policies cited: LP policy 2, LP policy 6, LP policy 20

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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