Moor End Cottage, Lower Moor Road, Coleorton, LE67 8FN

the erection of a single self-build Passivhaus dwelling

Authority: North West Leicestershire
Appeal type: minor · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: LE67 8FN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to development plan policy, accessibility to local facilities and sustainable modes of transport

What decided it

The appeal site's limited accessibility by sustainable modes of transport, requiring future occupiers to rely on private vehicles for most everyday services and employment, constitutes a major shortcoming that significantly and demonstrably outweighs the modest benefits of delivering one self-build dwelling.

The modest benefits of housing delivery and self-build provision, together with environmental benefits from Passivhaus design, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the major harm of limited accessibility by sustainable modes of transport and conflict with NPPF paragraphs 110 and 115 directing development to sustainable locations.

Framework references: 11, 57, 110, 115

Plan policies cited: Policy S2, Policy S3

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