®Planning appeal decision
Land Behind St Margarets Drive, Leire, LE17 5HW
permission in principle for 7 to 9 dwellings; minimum 40% of dwellings to be serviced plots for self-build and custom house building
- Authority
- Harborough
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- LE17 5HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use, and the amount of development
What decided it
The application of paragraph 14 of the Framework, which provides that where a neighbourhood plan made within five years contains policies and allocations to meet its identified housing requirement, the adverse impact of allowing development conflicting with it is likely to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, combined with the proposal's conflict with the spatial strategy and harmful effect on character and appearance.
The significant benefits of housing delivery, self-build provision, biodiversity net gain and economic benefits were outweighed by the substantial harm from conflict with the development plan spatial strategy, harmful effect on rural character and appearance, and the undermining of the plan-led system through conflict with the recently-made neighbourhood plan which contains allocations exceeding the identified housing requirement.
Framework references: 11, 14
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy GD3, Policy GD4, Policy H4, Policy H2, Policy H1, Policy GD2, Policy H5, Policy GD5, Policy GD8, Policy HC1, Policy ENV8, Policy GD1
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.