®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Watling Street , Weddington Wood Farm, Nuneaton, Warkwickshire, CV10 0TX
- Authority
- Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Robins M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal complies with the development plan and, if not, whether there are any material considerations that would justify a departure from it, including the extent of the housing land supply shortfall
- The effect of the proposed development on highway capacity and safety
- Whether the benefits of the proposed development are significantly and demonstrably outweighed by any identified harm, the planning balance
What decided it
The lack of demonstrable, sufficiently funded highway mitigation for the A47/Higham Lane and A47/Eastboro Way junctions meant severe residual cumulative highway impacts, which the Inspector found were not outweighed by the scheme's housing and other benefits.
The very significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, together with moderate economic and open space/BNG benefits, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the very substantial harm from severe highway impacts, resulting in conflict with the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 49b, 76, 77, 108, 109, 114, 115, 226
Plan policies cited: Policy DS1, Policy DS2, Policy DS3, Policy DS7, Policy DS8, Policy HS2, Policy NE5, Policy H2
Judgments cited: R (Hawkhurst PC) v Tunbridge Wells BC and others [2020] 3019 (Admin); DB Symmetry v Swindon BC [2022] UKSC 33
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.