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Allowed17 March 20223282969

Site to the West of the A1237 and South of North Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9WN

Planning appeal 3282969 at Site to the West of the A1237 and South of North Lane, Huntington, York, YO32 9WN (City of York Council) was allowed on 17 March 2022 by Inspector Prentis D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the Green Belt, including any effects on openness and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt.

Residential development of circa 970 dwellings with associated demolition, infrastructure works, open space, primary school, community facilities and convenience store (use class A1; not exceeding 200sqm floorspace) on land west of Monks Cross Link Road and a country park with drainage infrastructure east of Monks Cross Link Road. Summary of recommendation: that the appeal be allowed, and planning permission be granted, subject to conditions CONTENTS Page

Authority
City of York Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Prentis D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposal on the Green Belt, including any effects on openness and the purposes of including land within the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal on transport networks and the extent to which it would support the objective of promoting sustainable transport
  • the nature and extent of any economic, social and environmental benefits which would result from the proposal
  • whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations such as to provide the very special circumstances required to justify development in the Green Belt

What decided it

The Secretary of State concluded that the benefits of the proposal, particularly housing and affordable housing delivery, a new primary school, and the country park, collectively clearly outweighed the Green Belt harm and other harm, amounting to very special circumstances.

the benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing, education provision and the country park were collectively sufficient to clearly outweigh the harm to the Green Belt and other harm, such that very special circumstances exist to justify the development

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
RSS Policy Y1(C)1RSS Policy YH9(C)HNP Policy H1HNP Policy H2HNP Policy H3HNP Policy H4HNP Policy H14eLP Policy ST8eLP Policy OS8eLP Policy SS10eLP Policy SS1eLP Policy SS2eLP Policy H2eLP Policy H3eLP Policy H10eLP Policy HW2eLP Policy HW3eLP Policy HW4eLP Policy HW7eLP Policy D1eLP Policy D2eLP Policy D6eLP Policy GI1eLP Policy GI2eLP Policy GI3eLP Policy GI4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 48Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 104Paragraph 105Paragraph 106Paragraph 112Paragraph 137Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 148Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
Judgments
Wedgewood v City of York [2020] EWHC 780 (Admin)

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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