®Planning appeal decision
142 Bexhill Road, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 8BL
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
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.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: DM3, DM4
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