®Planning appeal decision
15A & 15B High Street, Sileby, LE12 7RX
Planning appeal 3305884 at 15A & 15B High Street, Sileby, LE12 7RX (Charnwood Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 May 2023 by Inspector Savage K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety, having regard to the suitability of access and egress from the site and whether the proposal would provide adequate parking and cycle storage facilities.
change of use to existing workshop; conversion and extension to existing to form 2no. flats
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Savage K
- Postcode
- LE12 7RX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety, having regard to the suitability of access and egress from the site and whether the proposal would provide adequate parking and cycle storage facilities
- Whether prospective occupants of the development would enjoy a suitable standard of accommodation, in particular with respect to noise from adjoining premises
What decided it
The proposal fails to demonstrate safe access and egress that would safeguard highway and pedestrian safety, and the adverse impacts of increased use of a substandard access significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery.
The benefits of delivering two dwellings in an accessible location at a time of insufficient housing land supply were considerable, but the adverse impacts associated with increased risk to highway safety significantly and demonstrably outweighed these benefits when considered against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy TR18 of the Local Plan 1991-2006 (2004)Policy CS2 of the Charnwood Local Plan Core Strategy (November 2015)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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