®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to Langley Mill Railway Station, Station Road, Langley Mill, Derbyshire, NG16 4BP
54 no. residential apartments with parking and associated landscaping
- Authority
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on biodiversity
- whether the proposal is capable of providing affordable housing and other contributions towards local infrastructure
What decided it
The agreed viability assessment demonstrating the scheme could not deliver policy-compliant affordable housing or infrastructure contributions, combined with the out-of-date status of the relevant development plan policies and the substantial benefits of housing delivery on a sustainably located brownfield site adjacent to the railway station, justified allowing the appeal under the tilted balance.
The substantial benefits of delivering significant new housing in a sustainable location on brownfield land, together with moderate economic benefits and limited environmental benefits from biodiversity net gain, outweighed the conflicts with out-of-date Saved Policies H10 and LS5 on affordable housing and infrastructure contributions, which were afforded limited weight due to their inconsistency with the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 193
Plan policies cited: Saved Policy EN13, Saved Policy H3, Saved Policy H10, Saved Policy LS5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.