®Planning appeal decision
Powerhouse Gymnasium, Burnley Road, Brierfield, Nelson, Lancashire , BB9 5HX
a gym to ground floor and change of use of first floor and second floor to 10 apartments
- Authority
- Pendle Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Caine M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The town centre location with good public transport accessibility, the minimal parking demand from one-bedroom apartments, and the availability of sufficient on-street and off-street parking capacity mean that the proposal would not have an unacceptable impact on highway safety as required by paragraph 111 of the Framework.
Under paragraph 11d of the Framework, the economic and social benefits of providing additional housing accord with the Framework's aim to significantly boost the supply of homes, and the proposal would not have a materially harmful effect on highway safety (a neutral factor), so the adverse impacts including conflict with the development plan do not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits.
Framework references: 11, 108, 111
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy 31 of the Replacement Pendle Local Plan 2001-2016 (2006), Policy ENV4 of the Pendle Local Plan Part 1, Core Strategy 2011-2030 (2015), Core Strategy Policy WRK4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.