Agenda item

The Officer recommendation was moved, seconded put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

To REFUSE the application for the following reasons:

1.         The current application proposes new housing to meet general demand without supporting the conservation and enhancement objectives of the National Park. Therefore the current application conflicts with core policy HC1 and saved Local Plan policy LH1. Furthermore by failing to address any wider public benefit to the local area or the National Park as a whole, no other material considerations exist in support of national planning policies. 

2.         In the absence of any exceptional circumstances that warrants the provision of open market housing to meet general demand, and in the absence of any evidence that the proposed housing would positively respond to local housing needs or contribute to the provision of affordable housing within the local area: the proposals do not constitute a sustainable pattern of development and are therefore contrary to the presumption in favour of sustainable development in policy GSP1 of the Core Strategy and national planning policies in the Framework.