®Planning appeal decision
Land off Weybourne Drive, Luton, Beds, LU2 7HB
the erection of 8 no. detached houses & all ancillary works
- Authority
- Luton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Bowden N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would prevent the implementation of strategic highway infrastructure
What decided it
The loss of safeguarded land for strategic highway infrastructure (the East Luton Circular Road) carries significant weight that outweighs the benefits of providing eight new dwellings, and such matters are properly addressed through the Local Plan review process rather than a section 78 appeal.
The benefits of eight new dwellings and associated economic, social and environmental objectives were outweighed by the significant weight to be given to the loss of safeguarded land for strategic infrastructure, even under the tilted balance of paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.
Framework references: 7, 9, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy LLP31, Policy LLP15
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