®Planning appeal decision
Land At E 376630 N 130225 Chaffeymoor Farm, New Road , Bourton, Dorset , SP8 5BX
erection of up to 50 dwellings with new cycle/pedestrian link to West Bourton Road and the provision of public open space (outline application to determine access only)
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rose C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the proposed development, with particular regard to the local development strategy and access to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposed development on the setting of the designated heritage asset forming Chaffeymoor Farmhouse
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii), and the benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery outweighed the identified heritage and landscape harms.
the significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate weight given to other public benefits, outweighed the low-end less-than-substantial heritage harm, moderate landscape/character harm and limited weight given to conflict with the local development strategy, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits
Framework references: 212, 215, 110, 11
Plan policies cited: LP Policy 2, LP Policy 6, LP Policy 20, LP Policy 5, LP Policy 4, LP Policy 24, LP Policy 13, LP Policy 14, LP Policy 15, NP Policy 5, NP Policy 2, NP Policy 1(b)
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.