®Planning appeal decision
Site Adjacent To Summerfield, Hatt Common, East Woodhay, Hampshire, RG20 0NH
Planning appeal 6004267 at Site Adjacent To Summerfield, Hatt Common, East Woodhay, Hampshire, RG20 0NH (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was dismissed on 26 May 2026 by Inspector Standfield R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for residential development having regard to local policies relating to the distribution of development, sustainable transportation and access to services.
the erection of a single dwelling house, associated outbuildings, access and landscaping
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Standfield R
- Postcode
- RG20 0NH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for residential development having regard to local policies relating to the distribution of development, sustainable transportation and access to services
What decided it
The conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy for locating housing within settlement policy boundaries, combined with the site's unsustainable location lacking safe access to services and sustainable transport, and the application of NPPF paragraph 14 given the recent neighbourhood plan which has met and exceeded the local housing requirement, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of providing a single dwelling.
The benefits of housing provision and modest economic, social and environmental benefits were outweighed by the conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy, the unsustainable location lacking safe pedestrian access and sustainable transport options, and the application of NPPF paragraph 14 given the recent neighbourhood plan which has met the identified local housing requirement
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SS1Policy SS6Policy CN9Policy HO2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 14
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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