®Planning appeal decision
Land at Upton Hill Woods, East of Main Street, Upton, PE28 5YF
Permission in principle for the erection of up to 4 dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Huntingdonshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Gee R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for residential development, having particular regard to the local and national policy relating to accessibility to services and facilities, and the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate five years' housing land supply engaged the presumption in favour of sustainable development, and the modest scale of adverse impacts from poor accessibility and countryside encroachment did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of contributing to housing supply.
The conflicts with the development plan's housing strategy and accessibility requirements, and the limited adverse impacts from countryside encroachment and reliance on private motor vehicles, were outweighed by the benefits of contributing to housing land supply in circumstances where the Council could only demonstrate 3.94 years' supply.
Framework references: 84, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy LP2, Policy LP9, Policy LP10(b), Policy LP11, Policy LP12(a), Policy LP12(b), Policy LP12(c), Policy LP12(f), Policy LP12(i)
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.