®Planning appeal decision
The Highway Club, Fletchamstead Highway, COVENTRY, CV4 9BY
demolition of existing buildings and construction of 3 apartment blocks providing No.50 retirement flats and No. 25 apartments and No.88 dwellinghouses; with community use building, car parking, open space, landscaping and infrastructure works
- Authority
- Coventry City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Thandi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the provision of playing pitches
- Whether the proposal would be acceptable in terms of design and layout
- The effect of the proposal upon the safe and efficient operation of the local highway network
- Whether it has been adequately demonstrated that the proposed development would not unduly affect ecological features and trees on and around the site
What decided it
The cumulative and unresolved harms from loss of playing pitches, poor design, and inadequate ecological and tree assessment were found to significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing and other benefits, even under the tilted balance.
the significant benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing and economic/social benefits were outweighed by the very significant weight given to conflict with development plan policies protecting sports provision, design quality, trees and biodiversity, such that adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits
Framework references: 103, 11, 77, 115, 135, 136, 180
Plan policies cited: Policy GE2, Policy CO2, Policy DE1, Policy GE1, Policy GE3, Policy GE4, Policy H3, Policy AC2, Policy AC3, Policy AC4
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.