®Planning appeal decision
71 High Pavement , Sutton in Ashfield, Notts, NG17 1BU
demolition of existing commercial building and construction of a 3 storey apartment block and 9 dwellings
- Authority
- Ashfield District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the safe and efficient use of the highway in the area and within the site including parking provision
- whether the proposal would constitute good design
What decided it
The unacceptable impact on highway safety and the failure to provide adequate outdoor amenity space for flat occupiers, which together demonstrated overdevelopment of the site and conflicted with good design principles, outweighed the benefits of housing delivery in the context of a three-year supply.
The benefits of providing 21 additional homes and economic benefits during construction were substantially outweighed by the substantial harm to highway safety and living conditions of future occupiers, resulting in the proposal failing to constitute sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 57, 77, 114, 115, 226
Plan policies cited: Policy ST1, Policy HG5, Policy TR6
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.