®Planning appeal decision
Mossley Hill Royal British Legion, Crawford House Rose Lane, Liverpool, L18 5EA
Planning appeal 3277863 at Mossley Hill Royal British Legion, Crawford House Rose Lane, Liverpool, L18 5EA (Liverpool City Council) was allowed on 7 January 2022 by Inspector Wraight G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not it is necessary to make financial contributions relating to off-site public open space, street trees and the Council's strategy/programme of public art.
a HYBRID APPLICATION: (i) OUTLINE PLANNING APPLICATION : To erect 10 apartments, lay out 11 car parking spaces, erect bin and cycle stores, and lay out an associated internal access road, communal open space, means of enclosure and hard / soft landscaping, including a living green wall [all matters reserved] (ii) FULL PLANNING APPLICATION : To carry out partial demolition to side of building and extend in connection with the creation of a new vehicular access to the side, convert the premises to 8 self contained apartments, lay out 6 parking spaces and an associated internal access road, communal open space, means of enclosure and hard / soft landscaping
- Authority
- Liverpool City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- L18 5EA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not it is necessary to make financial contributions relating to off-site public open space, street trees and the Council's strategy/programme of public art
What decided it
The Council failed to provide any evidence or reasoning to rebut the previous Inspector's findings that the financial contributions for off-site public open space, street trees and public art did not meet the CIL Regulation 122 tests and lacked policy justification.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Saved Policy OE14 of the Unitary Development Plan 2002
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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