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Land To The South of - Lawsons Bridge Site, Scotforth Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4NU
Planning appeal 3321406 at Land To The South of - Lawsons Bridge Site, Scotforth Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4NU (Lancaster City Council) was dismissed on 10 January 2024 by Inspector Wilkinson F, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed layout, scale, appearance and landscaping represent an appropriate design solution, with regard to defining a sense of place and design quality.
the erection of up to 95 residential dwellings with associated access (pursuant to the variation of conditions 2, 6 and 10 on planning permission 19/00332/OUT for changes to the approved site access arrangements, the proposed great crested newt mitigation strategy and the provision to allow the flexibility for an updated AIA to be prepared and submitted at the time of a reserved matters application)
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
- Postcode
- LA1 4NU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed layout, scale, appearance and landscaping represent an appropriate design solution, with regard to defining a sense of place and design quality
What decided it
The cumulative design shortcomings in housing mix, affordable housing integration and privacy/separation distances were found to outweigh the scheme's benefits, meaning the reserved matters did not represent an appropriate design solution.
the identified benefits of the scheme (housing delivery timing, biodiversity net gain, sustainability exceedance) would not outweigh the long-term harm arising from the design shortcomings in housing mix, affordable housing integration and privacy distances
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SG1Policy DM29Policy DM1Policy DM3Policy DM27Policy DM30
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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