®Planning appeal decision
Former Egglescliffe Library, Butterfield Drive, BuEaglescliffetterfield Drive, Stockton on Tees, TS16 0EL
the construction of 2no. retail units (A1)
- Authority
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Brooker M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether it has been demonstrated that there are no sequentially preferable sites on which the retail proposal could be accommodated, with regards the sequential test set out in the National Planning Policy Framework and the Planning Practice Guidance
What decided it
The significant loss of open space and failure to satisfy the sequential test for retail development, neither of which was outweighed by the economic benefits or mitigation measures proposed.
The benefits of additional investment and job creation were outweighed by the significant harm to character and appearance through loss of open space and the failure to demonstrate compliance with the sequential test for retail uses.
Framework references: 86, 87, 91
Plan policies cited: Policy SD5, Policy SD8, Policy ENV6, Policy SD4, Policy EG3
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