The Planning Inspector has allowed the appeal for 140 houses to be built at Stocks Farm – this means the developer has the go ahead to build the houses. The Planning Inspector said that ‘the adverse impacts I have identified do not significantly outweigh the very significant weight I have identified in terms of the proposal’s benefits; the presumption in favour of sustainable development applies’. The principle benefit identified was the proposal’s addition to Basingstoke’s 5 year Housing Land Supply.