220 Osmaston Road, Derby, DE23 8JX

demolition of former hotel building and erection of new residential apartment buildings containing 42no. apartments. Application to include change of use of site from C1 Hotel to C3 dwellinghouses

Authority: Derby City Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Smith H

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on highway safety and neighbouring residential amenity with regard to parking provision, and whether the proposal would provide sufficient cycle storage and bin storage.

What decided it

The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, combined with the sustainable location of the site and the substantial benefits of housing delivery including affordable housing provision, outweighed the limited identified harms.

The substantial benefits of housing delivery and the provision of 6 affordable housing units and financial contributions towards green space, combined with the sustainable location and replacement of a derelict building with a well-designed scheme, substantially outweighed the relatively few identified harms, with no adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighing the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole.

Framework references: 11, 57, 111, 130

Plan policies cited: Policy CP3, Policy CP4, Saved Policy GD5, Saved Policy H13

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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