®Planning appeal decision
HILL VIEW, CAMS HILL LANE, HAMBLEDON, HAMPSHIRE, PO7 4RQ
conversion of a redundant agricultural building to an open market residential dwelling
- Authority
- South Downs
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Leonard S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for a new dwelling, with particular regard to the development plan's spatial strategy for new housing
- Whether the proposal can mitigate against the impact upon the Solent Special Protection Area (SPA)
What decided it
The appeal site is not a suitable location for residential development because it fails to satisfy the accessibility requirements of Policy SD41 criterion (a) and the sequential test requirements of criterion (g), and the development plan's spatial strategy directs new housing to designated settlements.
The modest benefits of housing supply, quick build-out potential, and economic and social benefits from occupation, together with environmental benefits from 10% biodiversity net gain, are significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and accessibility requirements, resulting in unsustainable development.
Framework references: 84, 73
Plan policies cited: Policy SD25, Policy SD41, Policy SD1
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.