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Allowed7 August 20253351886

Nunthorpe Grange, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PD

Planning appeal 3351886 at Nunthorpe Grange, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, TS7 0PD (Middlesbrough Council *) was allowed on 7 August 2025 by Inspector Dowsett J, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in this appeal is whether the proposed development makes suitable provision for alternative travel options to the private car and promotes alternative means of travel.

Erection of 69 residential dwellings with associated access, landscaping, and infrastructure

Authority
Middlesbrough Council *
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Dowsett J
Postcode
TS7 0PD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issue in this appeal is whether the proposed development makes suitable provision for alternative travel options to the private car and promotes alternative means of travel.

What decided it

Securing delivery of the footway/cycleway link between the appeal site and Nunthorpe Gardens, by condition, resolved the sole matter in dispute and brought the scheme into compliance with the development plan.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy H29Core Strategy Policy CS4Core Strategy Policy CS5Core Strategy Policy DC1HLP Policy H12Core Strategy Policy C6Policy MWP1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 109Paragraph 115Paragraph 117Paragraph 58Paragraph 55
Judgments
DB Symmetry Ltd & another v Swindon Borough Council [2022] UKSC 33; Hall & Co Ltd v Shoreham by Sea UDC [1964] 1 WLR 20

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