Planning appeal decision
14 Priorsgate, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3RN
Planning appeal 3341577 at 14 Priorsgate, Heaton With Oxcliffe, Morecambe, LA3 3RN (Lancaster City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 23 October 2024 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the access on highway safety.
‘Without planning permission, the siting of a static caravan and the creation of an access onto a classified road as shown within Appendix B (the Development)’
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- LA3 3RN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the access on highway safety
What decided it
The creation of the access onto Oxcliffe Road cannot achieve the required visibility splay of 20 x 120m for a 40 mph road, and neighbouring structures prevent achievement of safe intervisibility, prejudicing highway safety.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- DM29DM60
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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