Planning appeal decision
3-5 Minster Road, Coventry, CV1 3AF
Planning appeal 3322500 at 3-5 Minster Road, Coventry, CV1 3AF (Coventry City Council) was dismissed on 22 December 2023 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety and the immediate area with regard to parking.
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of residential care home with 26 bedrooms
- Authority
- Coventry City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Stephens K
- Postcode
- CV1 3AF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety and the immediate area with regard to parking
- The effect of the proposal on health provision in the area
What decided it
The absence of a duly executed planning obligation to secure the necessary financial contribution to mitigate impacts on primary health care provision made the proposal contrary to the development plan with no material considerations to outweigh this.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H8Policy AC3Policy IM1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
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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