®Planning appeal decision
Land at Rear of Roka Restaurant, 122 Bradshaw Brow, Bolton, BL2 3DD
residential development consisting of 17 apartments with associated car parking
- Authority
- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Morgan R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal satisfies policy requirements for provision of, or contributions towards, the cost of the physical, social and green infrastructure
What decided it
The independent viability assessment demonstrating that the scheme would not generate sufficient surplus to support affordable housing and other infrastructure contributions, thereby satisfying the exception in Policy IPC1.
The benefits of the scheme in contributing to meeting local housing needs in an area with acknowledged shortfall of housing land outweighed the absence of contributions for affordable housing, open space and education, which were rendered unviable by demonstrated cost increases.
Framework references: 56
Plan policies cited: Policy IPC1, Policy A1.4, Policy SC1.3, Infrastructure and Planning Contributions Supplementary Development Document 2016, Affordable Housing SPD 2013
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.