®Planning appeal decision
Land off The Green, Aldridge , WS9 8NH
the erection of 49 retirement living apartments for older people (comprising 34. no 1-bed and 15 no. 2-beds) including communal facilities, access, car parking and landscaping; and the reconfiguration of the Compass Suites car park to provide 50 spaces
- Authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Longmuir J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the special interest and significance of the relevant designated heritage assets
- The effect of the proposal in terms of recreational impact on the protected habitats and species at Cannock Chase SAC
What decided it
The substantial public benefits of the specialist elderly housing scheme in a sustainable location outweighed the less than substantial heritage harm identified, while the SAC recreational impacts were satisfactorily mitigated by the planning obligation.
The substantial public benefits of the scheme (49 specialist retirement dwellings, sustainable accessible location, affordable housing contribution) outweighed the less than substantial harm to designated heritage assets, to which great weight was given.
Framework references: 2, 11, 56, 57, 202
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV29 (UDP), Policy ENV2 (CS), Policy EN5 (AP), Policy CSP3 (CS), Policy ENV1 (CS), Policy EN1 (AP), Policy GP3 (UDP), Policy CSP4 (CS), Policy H4 (UDP), Policy HC3 (AP), Policy LC1 (UDP), Policy 5 (UDP), Policy GP1 (UDP), Policy H3 (UDP), Policy HC2 (AP), Policy 9 (UDP)
Judgments cited: Catesby Estates Ltd v Steer [2018] EWCA Civ 1697
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.