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Dismissed3 June 20243336748

Land to the East of Canalside Court, Warrington Road, Runcorn, WA7 1RD

Planning appeal 3336748 at Land to the East of Canalside Court, Warrington Road, Runcorn, WA7 1RD (Halton Borough Council) was dismissed on 3 June 2024 by Inspector Hatfield T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would result in the unacceptable loss of part of a Gypsy and Traveller site allocation.

phase 2 extension to approved planning application 20/00607/FUL comprising an additional 10 mixed-use light industrial units (totalling 1,180 sq m), 24 parking spaces, associated refuse and cycle storage, and landscaping with access to site via existing crossover

Authority
Halton Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
employment-industrial · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector
Hatfield T
Postcode
WA7 1RD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the development would result in the unacceptable loss of part of a Gypsy and Traveller site allocation
  • Whether it has been demonstrated that the development would be safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere

What decided it

The combined harm of losing part of the allocated Gypsy and Traveller site and the failure to demonstrate the development would be safe from flood risk without harming others, which outweighed the economic benefits.

the economic benefits of new business space and job creation, though given significant weight, did not outweigh the harm from loss of the Gypsy and Traveller allocation and unresolved flood risk, so the balance tipped against the proposal and in accordance with the development plan

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy RD2 of the Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (2022)Policy HE9 of the Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (2022)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 168

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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