®Planning appeal decision
Elizabeth Cresent, Whitehaven, CUMBRIA, CA28 6JQ
residential development of up to 50 dwellings
- Authority
- Copeland Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety with particular regard to the junction at Victoria Road and the use of Elizabeth Crescent
- Whether or not it would be at an unacceptable risk of flooding
What decided it
The failure to adequately demonstrate that the proposed development would not give rise to unacceptable flood risk, which provided a clear reason to refuse the development under paragraph 11d) of the Framework and outweighed the absence of highway safety harm.
Although no harm was found in respect of highway safety, this would not outweigh the harm found with regard to the effect of the proposed development on flood risk, leading to conflict with the development plan and the tilted balance not applying due to flood risk protection in the Framework
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy ST1, Policy ST2, Policy ENV1, Policy DM24
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.