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Allowed22 November 20243343107

Mercure Hotel, Wetherby Road, Wetherby, LS22 5HE

Planning appeal 3343107 at Mercure Hotel, Wetherby Road, Wetherby, LS22 5HE (Leeds City Council) was allowed on 22 November 2024 by Inspector Bore J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the supply of homes.

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
Postcode
LS22 5HE

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy HG2Policy HG2-20Policy GP1Core Strategy Policy H4Core Strategy Policy SP6Core Strategy Policy SP7Core Strategy Policy SP1Core Strategy Policy P5Core Strategy Policy P8Core Strategy Policy SP2Policy SP8Policy G1Policy P10Policy P11UDP Policy GP5UDP Policy N14UDP Policy N19Wetherby Neighbourhood Plan Policy ENV1Wetherby Neighbourhood Plan Policy H2Core Strategy Policy LD1Core Strategy Policy SP13Core Strategy Policy P12Policy LAND 2Core Strategy Policy G9UDP Policy BD5

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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