Planning appeal decision
145 Carr Road, Calverley, Pudsey, LS28 5RT
Planning appeal 3291006 at 145 Carr Road, Calverley, Pudsey, LS28 5RT (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 31 March 2022 by Inspector Cragg D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on highway safety.
change of use of ancillary outbuilding to mixed use including for the purposes of early years classes
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cragg D
- Postcode
- LS28 5RT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on highway safety
What decided it
The restricted visibility at the access point combined with inadequate parking provision and the likelihood of additional dangerous manoeuvres on a narrow residential street with constrained access made the development detrimental to highway safety.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy T2 of the Leeds Local Plan Core Strategy (as amended by the Core Strategy Selective review 2019)Policy G5 of the Leeds Unitary Development Plan (Review 2006)Street Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) (2009)emerging Transport SPD 2020
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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