®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To The Lodge, Gloucester Road , Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35 3TU
two new dwellinghouses (minimum 2, maximum 2 dwellings)
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location taking account of the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under NPPF paragraph 11d, and the modest scale of the proposal meant the limited harm from location sustainability concerns did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing benefits.
The benefits of providing two new homes to assist in meeting housing need were limited in weight, but when weighed against the limited on-the-ground harm from reliance on private vehicles for a small number of dwellings in close proximity to services, the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the tilted balance.
Framework references: 11, 14
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5, Policy CS34, Policy PSP11, Policy PSP40
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