®Planning appeal decision
Land to the north east of Longacre, Woodhill, Stoke St Gregory, TA3 6EW
development of a single detached dwelling and landscaping
- Authority
- Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cooper-Young C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site would provide a suitable location for the proposal, having particular regard to the strategy of the Development Plan
What decided it
The site's location outside the settlement boundary in open countryside with poor accessibility to facilities and services by sustainable modes, requiring heavy reliance on private motor vehicles, conflicts with the development plan's spatial strategy and cannot be justified by the housing land supply shortfall.
The benefits of housing provision and support for local facilities were outweighed by significant and enduring harm arising from reliance on the private motor vehicle and poor accessibility to facilities and services, when assessed against the Framework policies as a whole.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: SP1, CP8, SB1, DM2, CP1, A5, DM1(d)
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.