®Planning appeal decision
32 Cambridge Road, St. Albans, AL1 5LQ
Planning appeal 3278854 at 32 Cambridge Road, St. Albans, AL1 5LQ (St Albans City Council) was dismissed on 29 July 2022 by Inspector Fallon R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: highway and pedestrian safety, with particular regard to whether the development would result in parking stress in the locality.
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
- Postcode
- AL1 5LQ
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 40Policy 70
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 69Paragraph 107Paragraph 108Paragraph 111Paragraph 112Paragraph 119Paragraph 120Paragraph 124Paragraph 125Paragraph 130Paragraph 219
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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