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Dismissed30 December 20213265977

Land to the West (North) of Mercedes Avenue, Brixworth, NN6 9GZ

Planning appeal 3265977 at Land to the West (North) of Mercedes Avenue, Brixworth, NN6 9GZ (Daventry District Council *) was dismissed on 30 December 2021 by Inspector Aqbal M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the extent of the proposed development at the appeal site is justified, having regard to local and national planning policies.

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Authority
Daventry District Council *
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Aqbal M
Postcode
NN6 9GZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the extent of the proposed development at the appeal site is justified, having regard to local and national planning policies

What decided it

The extent of the proposed development had not been demonstrated to be necessary to support the role and function of the Brixworth Strategic Employment Area, resulting in conflict with the development plan that outweighed the benefits.

the substantial weight attached to conflict with the recently adopted development plan outweighed the moderate weight given to the economic, social and other benefits of the proposal

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy S1Policy R2Policy RA1Policy RA6Policy EC4Policy 2Policy 11d

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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