Land to the North of Station Road, Market Bosworth, CV13 0PE

the erection of up to 126 dwellings, with associated access, landscaping, open space, and drainage infrastructure (all matters reserved other than access)

Authority: Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Savage K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the landscape character of the area.

What decided it

The very significant and permanent harm to landscape character, particularly to Important View 1 and Vista I identified in the Market Bosworth Neighbourhood Plan, outweighed the benefits of housing delivery even given the Council's housing supply shortfall.

The very significant harm to landscape character outweighed the significant benefit of housing delivery, affordable housing and other benefits, notwithstanding the Council's housing supply shortfall and the resulting out-of-date status of some policies.

Framework references: 11, 14

Plan policies cited: Policy 7, Policy 11, Policy DM4, Policy DM10, Policy CE1, Policy CE3, Policy CE5

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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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