®Planning appeal decision
Adey Innovation Ltd, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8NR
Planning appeal 3310455 at Adey Innovation Ltd, Gloucester Road, Cheltenham, GL51 8NR (Cheltenham Borough Council) was allowed on 2 March 2023 by Inspector Leonard S, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed Use Class C2 care home for older people, having regard to the extent of the identified need for this type of residential accommodation in this location.
demolition of the existing office building and erection of a 66 bedroom care home for older people (Use Class C2) including associated access, parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- community-institutional · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Leonard S
- Postcode
- GL51 8NR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed Use Class C2 care home for older people, having regard to the extent of the identified need for this type of residential accommodation in this location
What decided it
The tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, applied due to the Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply, meant the benefits of the scheme were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the identified conflict with Policy SD11.
The adverse impacts, principally some conflict with Policy SD11 through undermining the 'care at home first' strategy, did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing delivery, meeting specialist elderly housing need, and environmental and economic benefits, so permission was granted other than in strict accordance with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD11Policy HM2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 56Paragraph 60
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.