Christian Hillier

It’s Uttlesford council. The local plan is not particularly descriptive of how it is defined.

I’m trying to find some information about rounding off as I feel the fate of my appeal rests on it. My site does not technically constitute an in filling between two buildings however we feel it would constitute a certain rounding off. The site is bordered by two roads and one neighbouring house and since the roads are barriers this should be considered rounding off. We were rejected in our application for not being an infill but I am certain that decision is wrong. I can find many LPAs mentioning rounding off alongside infilling however I can’t find one mentioned by my local authority or any where in the NPPF as their descriptions of infill seem a bit more vague. Is anyone here able to reference anything said by an inspector about rounding off being more or less the same? Or any such information about it would be greatly appreciated. We have ticked two of the sustainability boxes and the last is the environmental side and for that we must prove the infill/rounding off. Then we can go based on the fact of presumption in favour of sustainable development as the LPA has demonstrated only a 2.68 year supply of land for housing.

Thank you very much for the responses all. I shall look at the principle more rather than just hope because of precedent.

Hi all hope everyone is well. This is likely my first of many posts. I was wondering if anyone knows how much precedent counts towards a planning application. Myself and my partner have put in an application for a large 200 square meter house on some land my mother owns. There is a house just up the road from us that has been accepted for one and now two houses. Ours has all the same merits if not more. Both plots are outside of the village development limits, theirs more. Ours is just on the edge outside the limit. Neither plots are infill though both are continuation of the line although theirs has less housing around and could be considered more rural. Theirs is within the same plot as a listed building. Theirs is obviously for a money making scheme and ours specifically for a dream home. Both are mostly in character with surrounding except for large dormer windows for ours. I have also found several other similar proposals accepted within a few miles with the one I have mentioned being about 100 meters away. Is there any case law which suggests consistency is legally required? The areas local 5 year plan is currently out of date and has not fulfilled it. Any advice on this and anything else someone is willing to add would be very much appreciated. Kind regards Christian Hillier