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Dismissed12 April 20233306652

Land at Cross-in-Hand Farm, Lutterworth Road , Rugby , CV23 0QW

Planning appeal 3306652 at Land at Cross-in-Hand Farm, Lutterworth Road , Rugby , CV23 0QW (Rugby Borough Council) was dismissed on 12 April 2023 by Inspector Longmuir J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, particularly with regard to its extent of development, height, loss of hedgerows and mitigating landscaping.

for the redevelopment of the site to a HGV facility, including the demolition of agricultural outbuilding and formation of HGV parking spaces, fuel station, vehicle inspection station, vehicle maintenance unit, petrol filling station, electric charging points, convenience store, coffee shop, creche, overnight accommodation, ancillary car parking and associated works (Outline – Principle and Access Only)

Authority
Rugby Borough Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
employment-industrial · Unknown
Inspector
Longmuir J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, particularly with regard to its extent of development, height, loss of hedgerows and mitigating landscaping
  • The need for the proposed facilities both for HGVs and as a whole as well as the planning benefits

What decided it

The substantial and unmitigated harm to the character and appearance of the landscape outweighed the limited and unproven need for the scale of facilities proposed.

The need for some lorry parking and the associated economic, social and obligation benefits did not outweigh the harm to the character and appearance of the area, so the balance tipped against the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy NE3Policy SDC1Policy GP2Policy D4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 109Paragraph 130Paragraph 174Paragraph 185
Judgments
Wavendon Properties Limited v Secretary of State of Housing Communities and Local Government, Milton Keynes Council [2019] EWHC 1524 (Admin); Paul Newman New Homes Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2021] EWCA Civ 15

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