Outline application for up to 150 dwellings including 40% affordable housing, with vehicle and cycle accesses from Snakemoor Lane, pedestrian/cycle access from Botley Road, sustainable transport hub, public open space and play area, and associated infrastructure and landscaping (all matters reserved except for access).

1. The site is outside of the urban edge and is not allocated for residential development. The proposal represents an inappropriate and unjustified form of development, which would have an unacceptably urbanising and visually intrusive impact upon the designated countryside to the detriment of the character and visual amenity of the local area. These adverse impacts cannot be appropriately mitigated and therefore the application is contrary to Policies S1, S5 & DM1 of the Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2016-2036) and provisions within the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).
2. The site is considered to be poorly connected by sustainable transport modes to local facilities in Horton Heath, Fair Oak and the surrounding area. The measures included within the proposed development would not result in a genuine choice of transport modes and as such the proposals would result in a car dependant development increasing congestion on the highway network. The application is therefore contrary to Policies S1, S11, DM1 & DM13 of the Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2016-2036) and provisions within the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).
3. It has not been demonstrated that the proposed site access or the alterations required to local highway infrastructure to serve the development can be undertaken in a manner which will meet the necessary Highway Authority standards and not impact upon traffic flow and movements in the locality. The application is therefore considered to be contrary to Policies S11 & DM13 of the Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2016-2036) and provisions within the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).
4. The application fails to secure provision for developer contributions for the on and off-site provision of facilities and infrastructure made necessary by the development or to mitigate against any increased need or pressure on existing facilities. The application is therefore contrary to the requirements of Policies S10, DM13, DM28, DM33, DM36 and DM38 of the Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2016-2036), the Eastleigh Borough Council's Planning Obligations Supplementary Planning Document and provisions within the National Planning Policy Framework (December 2024).
5. The application fails to secure mitigation to offset the impacts of the development on the European protected sites (i.e. River Itchen Special Area of Conservation SAC) from the effects of nutrient loading. The application is therefore contrary to Policies S1, DM10 and DM11 of the Eastleigh Borough Local Plan (2016-2036), provisions within the National Planning Policy Framework and The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (as amended).

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