®Planning appeal decision
Heath Business and Technical Park, Heath Road South, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4QX
- Authority
- Halton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Called In Planning Application
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Woodwards O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main consideration is the extent to which the proposed development raises issues of risk to public safety and the extent to which it is consistent with the Framework and the Development Plan for the area.
What decided it
The unresolved and potentially significant risk to the safety of future occupants and users of the site from the adjacent Runcorn Chemicals Complex outweighed the substantial benefits of the scheme.
The substantial/significant benefits of the proposal (brownfield regeneration and accessibility, economic benefits, housing including affordable housing, biodiversity net gain, greenspace and character enhancements, low carbon factors) were outweighed by the very substantial weight given to the unresolved risk to public safety, despite overall accordance with the development plan, leading to refusal under s.38(6).
Framework references: 11, 32, 57, 58, 102
Plan policies cited: Policy CS(R)1, Policy CS(R)3, Policy CS(R)4, Policy CS(R)5, Policy CS(R)7, Policy CS(R)12, Policy CS(R)13, Policy CS(R)15, Policy CS(R)18, Policy CS(R)19, Policy CS(R)20, Policy CS(R)21, Policy CS(R)22, Policy CS23, Policy CS24, Policy C1, Policy C2, Policy C4, Policy ED2, Policy ED3, Policy GR1, Policy GR2, Policy HC1, Policy HC5, Policy HC8, Policy HE1, Policy HE2, Policy HE4, Policy HE5, Policy HE7, Policy HE8, Policy HE9, Policy RD4, Policy WM8, Policy WM9, Policy PR12
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