®Planning appeal decision
Acklam Iron And Steel Works Athletic Club, Park Road South, Middlesbrough, TS4 2RD
outline application for 51 No houses
- Authority
- Middlesbrough Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Dillon C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- effect of the appeal proposal on future playing field provision
- effect of the appeal proposal on flood-risk
- effect of the appeal proposal on highway capacity and safety
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the appeal proposal would not result in unmitigated loss of playing field provision, combined with the absence of substantive evidence on flood risk and highway safety, meant the proposal conflicted with the development plan taken as a whole with no material considerations to outweigh this conflict.
The significant benefit of housing delivery was outweighed by the material conflicts with the development plan regarding playing field loss, flood risk, and highway safety, for which no adequate evidence or mitigation was provided.
Framework references: 99, 167, 110
Plan policies cited: Policy H33, Policy CS4, Policy H1, Policy DC1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.