®Planning appeal decision
LAND SOUTH OF NORMANDY WAY A47, ADJACENT 12 NEWQUAY CLOSE, HINCKLEY, LEICS, LE10 1XN
change of use of land to provide 4 no. gypsy and traveller pitches including day rooms with associated landscaping
- Authority
- Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Owen A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on highway safety
- The effect on the character and appearance of the area with particular regard to the site's location within the Green Wedge
What decided it
The unacceptable risk to highway safety arising from the intensified use of the access onto the fast, busy A47 outweighed the benefits of meeting unmet gypsy and traveller need.
The considerable weight given to harm to highway safety and the significant weight given to harm to the Green Wedge outweighed the substantial weight given to the lack of a five year pitch supply, the unmet need, the lack of alternative sites, and the families' personal circumstances.
Plan policies cited: Policy DM17, Core Strategy Policy 18, Policy 6, Policy DM4, Core Strategy Policy 20
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