Objecting to a planning application on land outside a settlement boundary .....

nobby1963

Hi,
Firstly, sorry if this post is in the wrong place & if the mods could move it if required.

Okay, I have no experience of fighting a planning application but am now having to.

We have a field opposite us, owned by a family who live in a house next to the field. The field is agricultural land and just & only just outside the settlement boundary. The field owners house is inside the settlement boundary as is our house.

There is a single house on the other side of the field but set well back from the road with a much longer front garden than any other house on the road.

They have applied for outline planning permission for two houses on the field saying they are infill.

I thought I had found a good reason for refusal of permission when I discovered a planning guideline stating that development outside the settlement boundary should only be considered in special circumstances such as agricultural workers dwellings.

I now discover that maybe because our local authority does not have a 5 year housing supply plan then a National Planning Policy Framework clause may apply and that would mean that permission should be granted as it is sustainable.

Any help at all please would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Nobby.

nobby1963

Numerous reasons,
Agricultural land should not be built on, we have brownfield sites in our town that are due to be developed with 100+ houses, it's being done for financial gain, they have told us and others they would not apply, we will be looking at 2 big houses and not sheep in a field.
There are many reasons but I am specifically trying to get advice on how to fight the application.
The field owners are using a planning consultant to advise them and I need advice too !

molerat

Not wanting to look at houses instead of sheep is not a valid reason to object against planning. You need to look at the local plan to see if the application breaches it in any way. Are there any valid road safety issues with access, any issues with flooding or drainage etc.

nobby1963

Thanks both,
I do already understand the ' not being entitled to a view ' argument.

After spending the last 4 days doing internet research I am specifically looking for answers to my question of dealing with an application outside of the settlement boundary and also my dealing with the fact that our local authority has no 5 year plan for housing supply meaning these national ' rules ' may apply.

Thanks anyway.

nobby1963

the_r_sole wrote: »

This will be dealt with by the planning consultant, you need to see how they have justified it for this specific case - the documents should be available on your local planning portal.
General advice isn't going to help you in this instance, but you can see exactly what the application says about planning policy, most planning consultants I work with go through, policy by policy, to justify a development, the information is there for you

No disrespect meant, but I do know this, I have not spent the last 4 days researching without looking at the application !

I have already said I am looking for specifically ways to deal with the site being outside the settlement boundary and the fact that my local authority does not have a 5 year housing supply plan - and its implications.

All help is appreciated but hopefully my initial post is showing specifically the help I need.

Cheers

Nobby.

baldelectrician

I don't know about down south but if you have a local 'community council' they can raise an objection


If this happens up here the matter goes to a full planning committee at the council

ProDave

As you have been advised, you need to look for areas where it FAILS your local planning policy. We don't know where you are and what your local policy is.

Various things to look at:

What your local plan says about development outside the settlement boundary. What (if anything) that particular parcel of land is marked for on the local development plan. The speed limit on that bit of road, the required visibility splay for entering and exiting and whether that can be met. Any flooding issues. Is it an ANOB or green belt? Is there a footpath to join it to the rest of the settlement or would people have to walk along the road (might be considered not sustainable if the only access was by car) Is there public transport to the settlement? if not the local policy may oppose any enlarging of the settlement, even inside the settlement boundary, as unsustainable.

unforeseen

nobby1963 wrote: »

I now discover that maybe because our local authority does not have a 5 year housing supply plan then a National Planning Policy Framework clause may apply and that would mean that permission should be granted as it is sustainable.

I feel for you because our village ended up with a 160 dwelling development because the county council didn't have their 5 year plan in place. The council lost when the developer appealed to the SOS.