Builders Yard, Higher Rads End, Eversholt, MK17 9ED

the erection of one detached dwelling

Authority: Central Bedfordshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bowden N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The serious and demonstrable harm to the character and appearance of the area, caused by the erosion of the open space between the Ends, outweighs the benefits of housing delivery even in the context of a five-year housing land supply shortfall.

The benefits of housing delivery were outweighed by the serious harm to the character and appearance of the area, which is an important environmental consideration that the decision-maker is entitled to balance against housing provision

Framework references: 11, 155

Plan policies cited: Policy EE5, Policy HQ1, Policy SP5

Judgments cited: Suffolk Coastal District Council v Hopkins Homes Ltd and Richborough Estates Partnership LLP v Cheshire East Borough Council [2016] EWCA Civ 168 and [2015] EWHC 410

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