21C Orchard Rd, Finedon, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 5JG

Residential development of 8 No. 3-bed dwellings (6 x 2.5 storey and 2 x 2 storey) including access, parking and amenity spaces - including demolition of existing buildings

Authority: North Northamptonshire
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Plenty B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location in consideration of employment land policies
Whether the proposal would create suitable living conditions for future occupiers with respect to outlook and noise
Whether the proposal would make suitable provision for parking
The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to its effect on the adjacent Finedon Conservation Area, upon other designated heritage assets and on archaeology
The effect of the proposal on ecological and biodiversity interests

What decided it

The proposal failed to demonstrate that the existing employment use had no prospect of being retained, and the layout would create poor living conditions for future occupiers due to compromised outlook, inadequate parking provision, and unresolved ecological requirements regarding bat surveys.

Plan policies cited: Policy 22 of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy [2016], Policy E3 of the Plan for the Borough of Wellingborough [2019], CS policy 8(d)(i), CS policy 8(d)(ii), CS policy 8(e), CS policy 8(e)(i), CS policy 8(e)(ii), CS policy 8(b)(ii), CS policy 8(b)(i), CS policy 8(e)(vi), CS policy 2(a), CS policy 2(b), CS policy 2(c), CS policy 2(d), CS Policy 4, CS policy 4(a), CS policy 4(a)(i), CS policy 4(a)(iv), CS policy 4(a)(v), CS policy 4(b), CS policy 4(b)(iii), CS policy 11

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