Planning appeal decision
Cherry Lane Garden Centre, Bawtry Road, Tickhill, Doncaster, DN11 9EX
Planning appeal 3349238 at Cherry Lane Garden Centre, Bawtry Road, Tickhill, Doncaster, DN11 9EX (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 31 December 2024 by Inspector Cooper W, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether appeal scheme would provide suitable access, with particular regard to highway safety.
provision of concrete yard for goods provisions (retrospective) and alteration of the existing access
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Cooper W
- Postcode
- DN11 9EX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether appeal scheme would provide suitable access, with particular regard to highway safety
- The effect of the appeal scheme on the character and appearance, and biodiversity of the area, with particular regard to local tree cover
What decided it
The substantial highway safety and socio-economic benefits of the scheme outweighed the limited harm to the character and appearance of the area arising from tree loss.
the substantial combination of highway safety and socio-economic benefits outweighed the limited harm to character and appearance, justifying a decision otherwise than in accordance with the development plan as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 13Policy 32Policy NE3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 115Paragraph 116Paragraph 136
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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