Planning appeal decision
Acklam Iron And Steel Works Athletic Club, Park Road South, Middlesbrough, TS4 2RD
Planning appeal 3292244 at Acklam Iron And Steel Works Athletic Club, Park Road South, Middlesbrough, TS4 2RD (Middlesbrough Council *) was dismissed on 6 June 2022 by Inspector Dillon C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: effect of the appeal proposal on future playing field provision.
outline application for 51 No houses
- Authority
- Middlesbrough Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Dillon C
- Postcode
- TS4 2RD
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H33Policy CS4Policy H1Policy DC1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 99Paragraph 167Paragraph 110
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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