®Planning appeal decision
Land associated with existing property of 12 Milton Road, Gayton, NN7 3HE
for ‘Permission in principle for up to 4no. self-build dwellings
- Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fuller A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, proposed land use and amount
What decided it
The adverse impacts of granting planning permission, comprising significant harm to the Council's development strategy for housing location and to character and appearance, would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest benefits of four self-build dwellings when assessed against the Framework policies as a whole.
The modest benefits of four self-build dwellings and associated economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impacts of harm to the development strategy and character and appearance when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy SA, Policy R1, Policy SS1, Policy SS2, Policy LH1, Policy LH3, Policy LH5, Policy GS4
Judgments cited: Corbett v Cornwall County Council (2022 WL 02967669 (2022))
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