®Planning appeal decision
Rathgar Care Home , 349 Kettering Road, Northampton , NN3 6QT
demolition of existing dwelling at no. 351 Kettering Road and replacement with part single, part two and part three storey extension to Rathgar Care Home together with parking and associated works
- Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Burnham T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the level of on-site parking proposed would compromise highway safety or the living conditions of nearby occupiers
- Whether the proposal would harm the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers at the neighbouring 353 Kettering Road
What decided it
The identified need for good quality care home beds in Northamptonshire, combined with the absence of significant adverse impacts on highway safety, character and appearance, and neighbouring living conditions, justified allowing the appeal in accordance with the development plan.
The benefits of providing additional care home capacity to meet identified need in Northamptonshire outweighed the under-provision of parking against the standards, which could be flexibly applied given the absence of road safety or amenity implications.
Plan policies cited: Policy MO2 of the NLPP2, Policy S10 of the JCS, Policy H1 of the JCS, Policy Q1 of the NLPP2, Policy BN9 of the JCS, Policy Q2 of the NLPP2
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.