Main Street, Woodthorpe, Loughborough, LE11 2WF

outline application with all matters reserved (except for access) for development of up to 120 new dwellings with access from Main Street, Woodthorpe, Loughborough

Authority: Charnwood Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Johnson W

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposed development would prejudice the housing strategy aims of the Council
whether the proposed development would make adequate provision for: education, libraries, open space, affordable housing, healthcare, Biodiversity Net Gain and sustainable travel (highways)

What decided it

the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, and the significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery outweighed the identified harms

the significant weight given to conflict with the development plan and the significant/moderate harms to landscape character and loss of best and most versatile agricultural land were outweighed by the very significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery and significant economic benefits, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits

Framework references: 11, 56, 57

Plan policies cited: ECLP Policy DS3, ECLP Policy DS3(HA15), ECLP Policy DS1, CS Policy CS1, CS Policy CS11, CLP Policy ST/2, CLP policy CT/1

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