®Planning appeal decision
Cherry Lodge, Puddock Road, Warboys, PE28 2UB
retrospective planning for a 4-bed dwelling and erection of a new 4-bed dwelling following demolition of existing barn with Class Q approval for change of use to 3 dwellings
- Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- PE28 2UB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the appeal site is a suitable location for the development, having regard to the Council's development strategy and flood risk
What decided it
The fallback position represented by the prior approval scheme for three dwellings, which would expose more properties to flood risk, combined with the Council's inability to demonstrate five-year housing land supply, meant that the adverse impacts of the appeal scheme would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.
The scheme's conflict with development plan policies and failure to satisfy the sequential test, together with residual flood risk, were outweighed by the benefits of housing delivery, the significant material consideration of the fallback position reducing flood risk exposure, and the Council's lack of five-year housing land supply, applying the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11(d)
Framework references: 11, 58, 173, 174, 177, 181
Plan policies cited: LP2, LP5, LP10
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.