Land at Lanham Lane, Winchester, So22 5JS

outline planning permission for up to 188 houses including custom and self build housing with all matters reserved except for access. This

Authority: Winchester City Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Nicholls H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the site is suitable for the proposed development, having regard to the development plan settlement strategy, and to the extent relevant, the emerging development plan
the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
the ecological effects of the proposal
whether the site is sufficiently accessible by all non-car modes of transport and any highway safety and capacity considerations
whether the Council can demonstrate an adequate supply of housing land

What decided it

The proposal's conflict with the settlement strategy of the adopted and advanced emerging development plan, combined with significant harm to landscape character, outweighed the housing benefits, particularly as the Council was found able to demonstrate an adequate five year housing land supply.

the substantial weight given to housing delivery and significant weight to affordable housing, together with other modest benefits, did not outweigh the significant harm to character and appearance and the conflict with the adopted and emerging development plan, so the balance tipped against the proposal

Framework references: 187, 11, 49, 115, 116

Plan policies cited: Policy DS1, Policy DM1, Policy MRTA1, Policy MTRA4, Policy MTRA5, Policy DM10 – DM13, Policy CP20, Policy DM15, Policy DM16, Policy DM23, Policy NE9, Policy NE14, Policy CP13, Policy CP15, Policy CP16, Policy NE1, Policy NE4, Policy NE5, Policy CP10, Policy DM18, Policy SP3, Policy H5

Judgments cited: East Riding of Yorkshire v SSLUC [2021] EWHC 3271; Tewkesbury BC v SoSHCLG and anon [2021] EWHC 2782 (Admin)

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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