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Factory Units, 7 - 23 Wood Street, Hinkley, Leicestershire, LE10 1JQ
Planning appeal 3281840 at Factory Units, 7 - 23 Wood Street, Hinkley, Leicestershire, LE10 1JQ (Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 May 2022 by Inspector Plenty B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, especially with respect to overlooking of occupiers of 18 to 26 Wood Street.
redevelopment of existing site to residential
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Plenty B
- Postcode
- LE10 1JQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, especially with respect to overlooking of occupiers of 18 to 26 Wood Street
- whether the proposed development would make suitable provision toward local infrastructure
What decided it
The substantial loss of privacy to neighbouring occupiers through overlooking from Block A, combined with the failure to secure necessary planning obligations, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery and site regeneration.
The adverse impacts on neighbouring living conditions and absence of infrastructure provision significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of housing delivery and site regeneration when assessed against the Framework policies as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DM10 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD (2016)DM3 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies DPD (2016)Policy 1 of the Hinckley and Bosworth Core Strategy (2009)Policy 15 of the Hinckley and Bosworth Core Strategy (2009)Policy 19 of the Hinckley and Bosworth Core Strategy (2009)allocation HIN147 of the SADMP
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 219Paragraph 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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