®Planning appeal decision
Mercure Hotel, Wetherby Road, WETHERBY, LS22 5HE
a phased development to comprise demolition of existing buildings and erection of a foodstore (Use Class E), care home (Use Class C2) and eight senior living homes (Use Class C3) with associated access, parking, servicing area and landscaping
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Bore J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the supply of homes
- the effect of the proposed development on the vitality and viability of Wetherby town centre
- the effect of the proposed development on the settings of heritage assets
- the effect of the development on trees and biodiversity
- the effect of the scheme on the living conditions of existing and future residents
What decided it
The substantial and clearly evidenced need for older persons' housing and a food store, delivered on an allocated brownfield site, outweighed the limited policy conflict and minor identified harms.
The many benefits of the scheme (housing for older people, retail competition, economic and highway benefits, green infrastructure) far outweighed the scheme's conflict with Policy GP1 and the minor harm to the setting of Grange View, such that the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole.
Plan policies cited: Policy HG2, Policy HG2-20, Policy GP1, Core Strategy Policy H4, Core Strategy Policy SP6, Core Strategy Policy SP7, Core Strategy Policy SP1, Core Strategy Policy P5, Core Strategy Policy P8, Core Strategy Policy SP2, Policy SP8, Policy G1, Policy P10, Policy P11, UDP Policy GP5, UDP Policy N14, UDP Policy N19, Wetherby Neighbourhood Plan Policy ENV1, Wetherby Neighbourhood Plan Policy H2, Core Strategy Policy LD1, Core Strategy Policy SP13, Core Strategy Policy P12, Policy LAND 2, Core Strategy Policy G9, UDP Policy BD5
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.