®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining 20 Worthington Lane, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, DE73 8AR
Planning appeal 3364142 at Land Adjoining 20 Worthington Lane, Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, DE73 8AR (North West Leicestershire District Council) was dismissed on 27 August 2025 by Inspector Major R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the relevant development plan policies.
erection of a single self build dwelling
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Major R
- Postcode
- DE73 8AR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for housing, having regard to the Council's spatial strategy and the relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to the suitability of the access
What decided it
The engagement of paragraph 14 of the Framework, which protects the recently-made Breedon on the Hill Neighbourhood Plan (March 2025) and means that the adverse impacts of allowing development conflicting with the neighbourhood plan's spatial strategy significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of providing one self-build dwelling.
The adverse impacts of allowing development that conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy for new housing and results in limited harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweigh the identified benefits (self-build provision, economic benefits, and biodiversity enhancement) when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, particularly having regard to paragraph 14.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LP Policy S3LP Policy S2LP Policy D1LP Policy IF4BotHNP Policy BotH14BotHNP Policy BotH15BotHNP Policy BotH20
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14Paragraph 66Paragraph 73Paragraph 83Paragraph 84Paragraph 91Paragraph 110Paragraph 115Paragraph 129Paragraph 135Paragraph 139Paragraph 225
- Judgments
- North Wiltshire DC v SOSE (1993) 65 P & CR 137; R (Midcounties Co-Operative Limited) v Forest of Dean District Council [2017] EWHC 2050
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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