®Planning appeal decision
32 Cambridge Road, ST. ALBANS, AL1 5LQ
described on the application form as “Erection of a pair of semi-detached dwellings with attached garages fronting Cambridge Road and a detached new dwelling with attached garage fronting College Road with associated parking and access
- Authority
- St Albans City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Fallon R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- highway and pedestrian safety, with particular regard to whether the development would result in parking stress in the locality
- whether future occupiers of plot 3 would be likely to experience acceptable living conditions in terms of amenity space provision
What decided it
The insufficient size of the proposed parking spaces and garages, which would result in unacceptable impacts on highway and pedestrian safety and exacerbate parking stress in the locality, outweighed the benefits of housing delivery and brownfield reuse.
The benefits of housing delivery, brownfield reuse and economic/social benefits were given limited weight and were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the identified harm to highway and pedestrian safety and parking stress when assessed against the policies in the Framework as a whole.
Framework references: 69, 107, 108, 111, 112, 119, 120, 124, 125, 130, 219
Plan policies cited: Policy 40, Policy 70
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.