®Planning appeal decision
Little Yews, Romsey Road, East Wellow, Hampshire, SO51 6BG
Planning appeal 6000565 at Little Yews, Romsey Road, East Wellow, Hampshire, SO51 6BG (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 December 2025 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development having regard to the local development strategy and its accessibility to facilities and services.
convert annex to self-sufficient 2 bedroom dwelling, erect boundary fence/wall, and bin store
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
- Postcode
- SO51 6BG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for residential development having regard to the local development strategy and its accessibility to facilities and services
What decided it
The site's location in the open countryside outside the settlement boundary, combined with the high car dependency required for future residents to access day-to-day facilities and services, conflicts with the Framework's aim to promote patterns of growth that limit the need to travel and offer genuine choice of transport modes.
The modest benefits of contributing to housing supply and socio-economic benefits of a single dwelling were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant weight attributed to the conflict with the Framework's effort to promote sustainable patterns of growth and the conflict with the development plan as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy COM2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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