®Planning appeal decision
Land North of Biggleswade, Biggleswade, SG18 0HB
Planning appeal 3340777 at Land North of Biggleswade, Biggleswade, SG18 0HB (Central Bedfordshire) was allowed on 6 November 2024 by Inspector Brooker M, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the appeal scheme would benefit from appropriate access, with particular regards to the loss of car parking, cyclists use of Furzenhall Road and the single point of access in the event of an emergency.
Up to 416 dwellings including affordable housing; green infrastructure accommodating landscaping, allotments, community orchard, public open space, children's playspace; new roads, car parking, cycleways and footways; associated infrastructure, including a sustainable drainage system; vehicular access to be secured from Furzenhall Road
- Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Brooker M
- Postcode
- SG18 0HB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the appeal scheme would benefit from appropriate access, with particular regards to the loss of car parking, cyclists use of Furzenhall Road and the single point of access in the event of an emergency.
- Whether the wider highway effects of the appeal scheme would have an unacceptable impact on highway safety, or whether the residual cumulative impacts on the road network would be severe.
What decided it
The Inspector concluded that appropriate access could be secured by condition and that the residual cumulative impacts of the scheme on the wider highway network would not be severe nor result in an unacceptable impact on highway safety.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HAS06Policy T1Policy T2Policy EE12Policy HQ1Policy HG1Policy EE4Policy CC1Policy H1Policy BGS4Policy BTM1Policy BTM2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 115
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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