Planning appeal decision
Land at Field Head Road, Laceby, Lincolnshire, DN37 7SS
Planning appeal 3338917 at Land at Field Head Road, Laceby, Lincolnshire, DN37 7SS (North East Lincolnshire Council) was allowed on 2 August 2024 by Inspector Russell M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether Condition No 5 of Appeal A and Condition No 1 of Appeal B are necessary to provide for acceptable living conditions for future occupiers of the development, with particular regard to air quality.
Section 73 applications for development without complying with conditions attached to permissions for 152 dwellings with means of access including an emergency vehicular access onto Charles Avenue: Appeal A sought removal of the 30m buffer zone condition; Appeal B sought variation of the approved plans for plots 19-29 (removing the buffer zone) and removal of the Air Quality Report condition
- Authority
- North East Lincolnshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Russell M
- Postcode
- DN37 7SS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether Condition No 5 of Appeal A and Condition No 1 of Appeal B are necessary to provide for acceptable living conditions for future occupiers of the development, with particular regard to air quality
What decided it
The updated technical air quality/odour evidence demonstrated that the 30m buffer zone was not necessary to secure acceptable living conditions for future occupiers.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 2 of the North East Lincolnshire Local Plan 2013-2032 (adopted 2018)Policy 5 of the North East Lincolnshire Local Plan 2013-2032 (adopted 2018)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 193Paragraph 135Paragraph 180
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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