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Dismissed4 October 20243341575

The Highway Club, Fletchamstead Highway, Coventry, CV4 9BY

Planning appeal 3341575 at The Highway Club, Fletchamstead Highway, Coventry, CV4 9BY (Coventry City Council) was dismissed on 4 October 2024 by Inspector Thandi B, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the provision of playing pitches.

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
Postcode
CV4 9BY

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GE2Policy CO2Policy DE1Policy GE1Policy GE3Policy GE4Policy H3Policy AC2Policy AC3Policy AC4
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 103Paragraph 11Paragraph 77Paragraph 115Paragraph 135Paragraph 136Paragraph 180

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