Planning appeal decision
The Hollies Weedon Road, Northampton, NN5 4EX
Planning appeal 3266645 at The Hollies Weedon Road, Northampton, NN5 4EX (Northampton Borough Council *) was dismissed on 4 June 2021 by Inspector Brownless E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on highway safety and the users of the Public Right of Way.
outline planning application for a proposed bungalow with all matters reserved except access, siting and scale
- Authority
- Northampton Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Brownless E
- Postcode
- NN5 4EX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety and the users of the Public Right of Way
What decided it
The unacceptable impact on highway safety and the safety of users of the Public Right of Way resulting from intensified vehicular use of a narrow, constrained route with no safe refuge points and an inadequate access width.
The significant unacceptable impact on highway safety and PRoW user safety significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery despite the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 109Paragraph 11
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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