®Planning appeal decision
9 Castle Road, BOURNEMOUTH, BH9 1PH
the erection of 27 dwellinghouses and a 4 storey block of 14 flats with bin and cycle store, formation of vehicular accesses and parking spaces, without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref: dated 7-2018-635-N
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rennie S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the conditions requiring increased footway width and junction realignment are necessary and reasonable considering highway safety, particularly for pedestrians
What decided it
The additional pedestrian trips generated by the development would not be significant enough to justify requiring the developer to fund footway widening and junction realignment works, particularly given the lack of evidence of existing highway safety problems.
The benefits of the residential development in an accessible location near services and facilities outweighed the Council's requirement for extensive highway improvements that were not demonstrated to be necessary for highway safety.
Framework references: 56, 111
Plan policies cited: CS18, CS41
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