Planning appeal decision
Hucknall Day Nursery, 100 Nottingham Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 7QE
Planning appeal 3291973 at Hucknall Day Nursery, 100 Nottingham Road, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 7QE (Ashfield District Council) was allowed on 15 July 2022 by Inspector Bayliss G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect upon parking provision and highway safety.
Construction of a timber framed and clad classroom on land at the back of the existing nursery
- Authority
- Ashfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
- Postcode
- NG15 7QE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect upon parking provision and highway safety
- The effect on the living conditions of nearby residents, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The proportional increase in parking provision (40%) exceeding the increase in child places (28%) combined with the absence of evidence of parking or noise problems at the current 100-child capacity demonstrated that the additional 10 children would cause no harmful effect.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ST1Policy ST2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 12
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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