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NEWS

APPEAL WON - New Precedent for the Support of Self-Build Developments

19/3/2020

 
A recent appeal decision by an Inspector has found that the legal requirement on Councils to meet the Self-Build and Custom Build demand overrules the controls set out in the Local Plan.

A planning inspector has allowed plans for 30 Self-Build plots in Woodville, Swadlincote, following North West Leicestershire District Council’s (NWLDC) initial refusal to grant outline planning permission. Permission was not granted due to development site falling outside the planning boundary in what was considered the ‘countryside’ according to the Local Plan.
The reversal of the appeal decision highlights the importance of the legislation within the Housing and Planning Act (2016), where there is a duty on Local Authorities to give suitable permissions for enough serviced plots of land for self-build and custom house building to meet the volume of demand in the relevant Base Period of the Register. The Inspector felt that the need to meet this duty outweighed the need to adhere to planning boundaries created in the Local Plan.

Despite claiming that enough plots had been permitted to account for the Self-Build and Custom-Build demand in the area, it was found that this was not in fact the case. Only a limited number of plots did in fact have any mechanism to limit their development to self-builders and therefore the Council could not show that enough plots had been allocated specifically for Self and Custom Build purposes. Therefore, the decision was to overrule the Council’s decision and to grant permission for 30 Self-Build plots in order to meet the demand in the area.

The decision will have far-reaching consequences on Appeals relating to any future Self Build developments. Councils will need to demonstrate that enough plots have been approved to meet the demand and that these plots are protected by measures to ensure they are solely for Self or Custom Build developments. Additionally, applicants for Self-Build sites will also need to demonstrate that applications contain procedures to safeguard development for the use of Self-Build or Custom-Build projects.
The full appeal decision notice can be found here.

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • The role of a Planning Consultant
    • How we work
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Insurance & Legals
  • Services
    • Pre-Auction Advice
    • Site Appraisals
    • Pre-Applications
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    • Flooding: Sequential and Exception Tests
    • Computer Generated Images
    • Drone Surveys
  • Projects
    • Barn Conversions >
      • Full Planning Permission, Blewbury, Oxfordshire
      • Full Planning Permission, Corsham
      • Class Q, Wootton Fields Farm Barn
      • Class Q, Royal Wootton Bassett Big Barn
      • Class Q, Gainfield, Faringdon
      • Class Q, Granborough, Aylesbury Vale
      • Full Planning Permission, Ampney Crucis, Cotswolds
      • Class Q, Sutton Courteney
      • Stable Barn Conversion, Longcot
      • Barn conversion to four dwellings, Reading
    • Self-Build Projects >
      • Chisleborough, Somerset
      • Replacement Dwelling, Cotswolds
      • Garden Subdivision, Baughurst
      • Brownfiled Subdivision, Stadhampton
      • Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12
      • The Riverbank, Windsor
      • Innovative green roofed self build, Gerrards Cross
      • Collingbourne-Ducis (in Conservation Area)
      • Wantage AONB
      • All Cannings Plot Subdivision
      • Barn-Like Dwelling, Didcot
      • Drayton Mill
      • Hillgreen AONB
      • Broad Town Swindon
      • South Cerney
      • Oxford (Green Belt)
      • Devizes, New Build
      • Netheravon - Wiltshire
      • Maidenhead, Berkshire
      • Granborough, Buckinghamshire
    • Large Developments >
      • Stanton St Quintin - 17 Units
      • East Sussex, 40 Dwellings
      • Staines Old Fire Station
      • Stadhampton 14 Units
      • Blackheath Station Car Park Redevelopment
      • Lydiard Millicent 9 Units
      • Bedfordshire, 21 dwellings
      • Shabbington 15 Units
      • Stadhampton 21 dwellings
    • Small Developments >
      • Abingdon, 2 dwellings
      • Little Milton 5 Units, Oxfordshire
      • Harwell 4 Dwellings
      • Little Chalfont Replacement Dwelling
      • Granborough Replacement Dwelling
      • Oxford 4 Dwellings
      • Camberley 2 Dwellings
      • Peterborough 3 Dwellings
      • Sutton Courtenay 3 Dwellings
      • Brightwalton 3 Dwellings
      • Wiltshire 4 Units
      • Polgooth, Cornwall - New Dwelling
      • Southmoor, Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire
    • Strategic Land >
      • Clevedon, North Somerset
      • Stourport, Worcestershire 60-70 Units
      • Taunton, Land south of
      • Troon, Cornwall
      • Wythall, Birmingham
      • Various Co-op Disposals
      • Shurdington, Cheltenham
    • Commercial Projects >
      • Retail and Residential Development Wroughton, Wiltshire
      • Multi Use Gaming Area, Witney, Oxfordshire
      • Commercial Premises Expansion
      • Commercial Car Park Expansion
      • Ducklington Office Space
      • Major commercial expansion
      • Dog Exercise and Relaxation Business Wanborough, Wiltshire
      • Light Industrial Commercial Scheme
    • Equestrian Projects >
      • Equestrian project with restaurant, Addington, Buckinghamshire
      • Equestrian Indoor Arena, West Wellow, Hampshire
      • Goosey Stables
      • Indoor Equestrian Arena Durley
      • Outdoor arena Braziers End Buckinghamshire
      • Manege extension, Mortimer, Reading
      • Barn Conversion into Office and Living Accommodation, High Wycombe
      • Equestrian Project, Olney, Milton Keynes
      • Wigginton, Hertfordshire
      • Commercial Indoor Arena, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
    • Heritage Projects >
      • Blewbury, Oxfordshire
      • Listed Thatched Cottage in East Hendred
      • West Hanney Listed Building
      • Stanford in the Vale Listed Building
      • Staines Old Fire Station
      • Buscot Park Renewable Heating Project
      • Modern works to Listed Building, Wiltshire
    • Domestic Alterations >
      • Fire Damaged Building Reconstruction
      • Maida Vale NW8
      • Barn Restoration, Chalgrove
      • Kintbury, Hungerford, RG17
      • Change of Use Weston on the Green
      • Renovation of The Old Schoolhouse
      • Barn Change of Use Chalgrove
      • 2 Ancillary Outbuildings Near Witney
      • Midgham, West Bekshire
  • Sites for sale
    • Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14
    • Manningford Bruce, Pewsey, Wiltshire
    • Honey Lane, Cholsey
    • Sites Sold >
      • Blewbury, Oxfordshire, OX11
      • Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12
      • Ball Hill, Newbury, Hampshire, RG20
      • Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4
      • Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, SN4
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