Land off Chewton Street, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3JR

the erection of 251 two storey dwelling houses consisting of 2 and 3 bed semi and 3 and 4 bed detached units, including estate roads, public open space and drainage

Authority: Broxtowe Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Middleton M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal is sustainable development that is in accordance with the Development Plan, when read as a whole, with particular reference to: a) Its housing policies; b) Contamination
Whether there are any material considerations of sufficient weight to outweigh the presumption in favour of determining planning applications in accordance with the Development Plan

What decided it

The Inspector's conclusion, based on detailed geological and monitoring evidence, that the risk of contamination and landfill gas migration could be safely mitigated so as not to pose a significant risk to health and safety, meaning the proposal accorded with Policy 19 and the development plan as a whole.

the proposal was found to accord with the development plan as a whole and no material considerations of sufficient weight existed to outweigh the presumption in favour of determining the application in accordance with the plan, so the appeal succeeded

Framework references: 60, 191, 190, 114, 56, 55, 57, 8, 11

Plan policies cited: CS Policy A, CS Policy 2, CS Policy 8, CS Policy 10, BLP Policy 15, BLP Policy 17, BLP Policy 19

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