®Planning appeal decision
Factory Units, 7 - 23 Wood Street, Hinkley, Leicestershire, LE10 1JQ
redevelopment of existing site to residential
- Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Plenty B
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.
Framework references: 199, 219, 57
Plan policies cited: 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
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.