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Land Rear Of 95 To 101 St Johns Road, Access Via Laburnam Close, Newport , Isle of Wight, PO30 1YH
Planning appeal 3329743 at Land Rear Of 95 To 101 St Johns Road, Access Via Laburnam Close, Newport , Isle of Wight, PO30 1YH (Isle of Wight Council) was dismissed on 11 April 2024 by Inspector Andrews M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed dwelling would be acceptable in terms of highway safety, specifically the loss of the turning/manoeuvring area and vehicular access via Laburnam Close.
a detached dwelling
- Authority
- Isle of Wight Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Andrews M
- Postcode
- PO30 1YH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed dwelling would be acceptable in terms of highway safety, specifically the loss of the turning/manoeuvring area and vehicular access via Laburnam Close
What decided it
The loss of the essential turning and manoeuvring area that serves the existing two dwellings, combined with the addition of a further dwelling that would increase demand for this facility, creates an unacceptable highway safety conflict that outweighs the housing supply benefit.
The adverse effect on highway safety would demonstrably outweigh the benefit of one additional dwelling when assessed against the Framework policies taken as a whole and the policies in the Island Plan Core Strategy
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM2 of the Island Plan Core Strategy 2012
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 114
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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