®Planning appeal decision
Land to the east of Canalside Court, Warrington Road, Runcorn, WA7 1RD
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
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
Framework references: 168
Plan policies cited: Policy RD2 of the Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (2022), Policy HE9 of the Halton Delivery and Allocations Local Plan (2022)
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.