®Planning appeal decision
Land At Gloucester Street, Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18 1HA
Planning appeal 3348402 at Land At Gloucester Street, Newent, Gloucestershire, GL18 1HA (Forest of Dean District Council) was allowed on 2 January 2025 by Inspector Young D, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue is whether the primary education contribution sought by GCC is necessary and reasonable in all respects.
a mixed-use development comprising the following individual, severable and self-contained elements: i) up to 375 residential dwellings. ii) 1 form entry primary school including nursery. iii) employment area (up to 7,800 sqm gross internal floor area within Use Classes E(g), B2, and B8). iv) local centre (up to 865 sqm gross internal floor area within Use Classes E(a), E(b), E(c), E(d), E(e) and hot food takeaway (Sui Generis). Associated works; ancillary facilities and infrastructure; open space; recreation facilities and landscaping. Vehicular accesses from Gloucester Street and Oak Tree Way
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Young D
- Postcode
- GL18 1HA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue is whether the primary education contribution sought by GCC is necessary and reasonable in all respects.
What decided it
The Inspector's recalculation of the primary education contribution as necessary and CIL Regulation 122 compliant, combined with the benefits of the scheme (including housing delivery in an area without a five-year housing land supply) clearly outweighing the limited identified harms.
The limited landscape/visual harm and very limited heritage harm to nearby designated assets were outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme, including housing delivery (40% affordable) in an area lacking a five-year housing land supply, and economic and environmental benefits, resulting in no conflict with the development plan as a whole.
What the Inspector cited
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 58Paragraph 212Paragraph 215Paragraph 195
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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