Planning appeal decision
Unit A, 48 Derby Street, Manchester, M8 8HN
Planning appeal 3336057 at Unit A, 48 Derby Street, Manchester, M8 8HN (Manchester City Council) was allowed on 17 May 2024 by Inspector Townend K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to the provision of parking and servicing.
the erection of new self-contained commercial unit
- Authority
- Manchester City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Townend K
- Postcode
- M8 8HN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety, with particular regard to the provision of parking and servicing
What decided it
The absence of clear and compelling evidence demonstrating that the proposal would lead to significant highway impacts in terms of capacity and congestion, combined with the small scale of the proposed unit and evidence of available on-street parking capacity, outweighed the loss of potential off-site parking and servicing area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CC10 of the UDPPolicy T2 of the CSPolicy DM1 of the CSPolicy SP1 of the CS
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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