Planning appeal decision
15 Belgrave Road, Leicester, LE4 6AR
Planning appeal 3328615 at 15 Belgrave Road, Leicester, LE4 6AR (Leicester City Council) was dismissed on 8 February 2024 by Inspector Cooper P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
erection of two storey community centre adjacent to existing place of worship
- Authority
- Leicester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Cooper P
- Postcode
- LE4 6AR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The servicing of the proposed development
- The effect of the development on highway safety
What decided it
The two-storey extension would be visually overly dominant and incongruous, harming the character and appearance of the existing property and local area in conflict with the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS03Policy CS14Saved Policy AM02Policy AM01Policy PS10
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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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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