Planning appeal decision
Sanburn Autos, Judds Lane, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6AQ
Planning appeal 3247336 at Sanburn Autos, Judds Lane, Longford, Coventry, CV6 6AQ (Coventry City Council) was allowed on 19 July 2021 by Inspector Parsons J, following a hearing.
Redevelopment of the site to provide a mixed-use scheme comprising a hotel along with a drive-thru restaurant, car parking spaces and associated vehicular access and landscaping
- Authority
- Coventry City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Major retail and services
- Inspector
- Parsons J
- Postcode
- CV6 6AQ
What decided it
The Council's unsubstantiated and vague highway safety objection (reason for refusal 4), made without regard to the existing traffic order and Green Travel Plan it should have known about, amounted to unreasonable behaviour.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy JE3Policy DE1Policy EM8Policy EM7Policy JE1Policy JE6
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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