®Planning appeal decision
Site of the Former Princess Hall, Princess Street, Workington, CA14 2QG
This Full planning application seeks planning approval for the demolition of the existing two storey vacant Princess Hall and the construction of a two storey mixed-use building accommodating 2no. retail units at ground floor with 7no. apartments at first floor, alongside 4no. two storey townhouses (all affordable homes). The accommodation is wholly affordable and is supported by car parking for both residential and retail uses (including for accessible bays and electric vehicle charge points), secure cycle parking and high-quality landscaped external communal amenity spaces and private gardens
- Authority
- Allerdale Borough Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Burnham T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety with particular regard to presence of parking bays within the visibility splays on the Frazer Street access
What decided it
The existing highways environment at the particular site, with its low-speed residential character and prevalence of parked cars, meant that parking bays within the visibility splays would not create an unacceptable impact on highway safety in accordance with the Manual for Streets guidance and Policy S22.
Framework references: 56
Plan policies cited: Policy S22
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