®Planning appeal decision
Land At Old Street Fareham, Stubbington, po14 3hw
outline planning application proposing the development of land for up to 62 dwellings together with associated works, landscaping, parking, infrastructure, sustainable drainage system (SUDs), publicly accessible open space, natural greenspace provision and access
- Authority
- Fareham
- Appeal type
- major · Planning
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- PO14 3HW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of valued landscape in the area
- Whether the proposal would provide self-build and custom housebuilding units as defined in the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015
What decided it
The appellant's failure to secure the required self-build and custom housebuilding units by planning obligation (rather than unenforceable conditions), causing conflict with Policy HP9 and a risk of substantial harm to the borough's self-build housing supply strategy, which outweighed the scheme's benefits.
The limited landscape harm and conflict with landscape policy were outweighed by the substantial housing, affordable housing, open space and biodiversity benefits, but the substantial harm arising from unresolved conflict with the self-build housing policy significantly and demonstrably outweighed those benefits overall.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy DS1, Policy DS3, Policy HP1, Policy HP4, Policy HP9, Policy HP5, Policy TIN1, Policy TIN4, Policy NE3, Policy N10, Policy NE10, Policy DS2
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.