Land adjoining Church Green Stables, Baughurst Road, Tadley, RG26 5LP

the erection of 2 no. dwellings

Authority: Basingstoke and Deane
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: RG26 5LP

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The material harm to the suitability of the site's location due to poor accessibility to services and sustainable transport, combined with significant harm to the character and appearance of the countryside, outweighs the benefits of housing delivery in circumstances of housing land supply shortfall.

The benefits of providing two dwellings and associated economic benefits were afforded limited weight; the adverse impacts of unsustainable location and significant harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweighed these benefits, such that the presumption in favour of development did not apply.

Framework references: 11, 84

Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SS6, Policy SD1, Policy CN9, Policy EM1, Policy EM10

Judgments cited: Braintree District Council v SSCLG & Others [2018] EWCA Civ 610

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