Land Adjacent 71 Main Road, Stonely, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5EP

permission in principle for the erection of 1 to 2 dwellings

Authority: Huntingdonshire District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Whitfield H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and the amount of development proposed, with particular regard to relevant development plan policies for development in the countryside, access to services and facilities, and the effect on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply triggered the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, and the benefits of housing delivery and effective use of land outweighed the limited and localised harm to character and appearance and countryside location conflict.

The limited harm to character and appearance and conflict with countryside policies was outweighed by the substantial weight afforded to housing delivery in the context of a significant housing supply shortfall, the effective use of underutilised land, and the site's reasonable accessibility to services and sustainable transport options supporting rural community vitality, applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.

Framework references: 11, 110, 117, 135, 83

Plan policies cited: Policy LP2, Policy LP9, Policy LP10, Policy LP11, Policy LP12

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