®Planning appeal decision
16 - 18a Horsemarket, Kettering, Northants, NN16 0DQ
Planning appeal 3260548 at 16 - 18a Horsemarket, Kettering, Northants, NN16 0DQ (Kettering Borough Council *) was dismissed on 3 August 2021 by Inspector Aqbal M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the scale of the proposed building on the setting of an adjacent listed building and whether it would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Kettering Conservation Area.
mixed use development consisting of ground floor commercial unit (A1/A2/B1) and 35 self-contained flats
- Authority
- Kettering Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
- Postcode
- NN16 0DQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the scale of the proposed building on the setting of an adjacent listed building and whether it would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Kettering Conservation Area
- the effect of the proposed vehicular egress on highway safety
- whether the proposal makes acceptable provision for the transfer of land required for highway improvements
What decided it
The less than substantial heritage harm to the conservation area and listed building setting, combined with the ineffective mechanism to secure the timely transfer of land for highway improvements, was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.
Considerable weight given to the social and economic benefits of the development was outweighed by the great weight attached to the less than substantial harm to the conservation area and the setting of a listed building.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 22 of the Kettering Town Centre Action Plan 2001-2021Policy 7 of the Kettering Town Centre Action Plan 2001-2021Policy 2 of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031Policy 8 of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031Policy 8(b) of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031Policy 10 of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031Policy 30 of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 202Paragraph 199Paragraph 57
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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