®Planning appeal decision
Land off Abbotts Lane and Upper Hill Street, Coventry, CV1 4AP
Full planning application of 212 dwellings (Class C3) served via access from Abbotts Lane and Upper Hill Street; strategic landscaping and earthworks; temporary car parking; surface water drainage and all other ancillary and enabling works. Outline planning application for new residential development up to 478 units (Class C3); ancillary Class E development of up to 950 sqm of floorspace; strategic landscaping and earthworks; surface water drainage; and all other ancillary infrastructure and enabling site works with means of access to be taken from the connections from Abbotts Lane and Upper Hill Street (part of the full application) for consideration; all other matters (layout, appearance, scale, and landscaping) reserved for subsequent approval
- Authority
- Coventry City Council
- Appeal type
- other · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Unknown
- Inspector
- Griffiths P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the impact of the scheme on traffic and air quality
- whether the housing mix proposed is acceptable
- whether the approach taken in terms of affordable housing is justified
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of existing residents
What decided it
The Inspector's finding that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole, engaging NPPF paragraph 11c, in the context of a severe (1.84 year) housing land supply shortfall and the site's brownfield/contaminated character.
although not required given the finding of accordance with the development plan, the Inspector considered that no adverse impacts of the proposal came anywhere near outweighing the massive benefits the scheme would deliver
Framework references: 11, 56, 57, 60, 62, 74, 119, 120, 124, 126, 134, 199
Plan policies cited: Policy H2, Policy DE1, Policy HE2, Policy H9, Policy H4, Policy H6, Policy EM7, Policy EM2, Policy LP7
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