®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Hillcrest, Colton Lane, Appleton Roebuck, York, YO23 7DU
‘Erection of up to 32 no. dwellings, amenity space, access road and footways, drainage infrastructure, and other associated works’
- Authority
- North Yorkshire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Tinsley F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide a suitable location for housing, having particular regard to the development strategy for the area and accessibility of services and facilities
What decided it
The Council's failure to demonstrate a five-year supply of deliverable housing sites, combined with the site's sustainable location relative to the village and the significant housing benefits of the proposal, outweighed the policy conflicts with the development plan.
The adverse impacts arising from the site's location outside Development Limits and accessibility constraints, together with conflict with development plan policies, were outweighed by the significant benefit of delivering 32 additional dwellings to address the Council's substantial housing land supply shortfall, the moderate benefit of affordable and custom/self-build housing provision, and modest economic and community vitality benefits.
Framework references: 11, 14, 49, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy SP1, Policy H1
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.