142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8BL

Planning appeal 3270095 at 142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8BL (Hastings Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 September 2021 by Inspector Davies G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on highway safety.

the construction of six houses and associated access/hard landscaping works

Authority: Hastings Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Davies G
Postcode: TN38 8BL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on highway safety
What effect the lack of a 5 year housing land supply should have in the appeal decision

What decided it

The swept path diagrams did not demonstrate with sufficient certainty that a refuse vehicle could enter and exit the site in forward gear or that there would be no conflict for vehicles using the modified access, creating an unacceptable risk to highway safety that outweighed the housing supply benefits even under the tilted balance.

The benefits of providing 6 additional dwellings, particularly given the shortage of housing land supply, were outweighed by the harm to highway safety, such that the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the NPPF was insufficient to overcome the conflict with development plan and Framework policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: DM3DM4
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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