Planning appeal decision
Ramper Covert Wood , Mansfield Road, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, NG5 8PR
Planning appeal 3283174 at Ramper Covert Wood , Mansfield Road, Arnold, Nottinghamshire, NG5 8PR (Gedling Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 February 2022 by Inspector Ellison H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on highway safety.
a change of use to natural pet burial ground
- Authority
- Gedling Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Ellison H
- Postcode
- NG5 8PR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on highway safety
- the effect of the proposal on protected trees
What decided it
The proposal would significantly harm highway safety through inadequate parking provision and dangerous vehicular and pedestrian activity on a classified A-road, conflicting with Policy LPD 61.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LPD 61Policy LPD 19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 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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