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Allowed3 June 20253354061

Land Adjacent to Langley Mill Railway Station, Station Road, Langley Mill, Derbyshire, NG16 4BP

Planning appeal 3354061 at Land Adjacent to Langley Mill Railway Station, Station Road, Langley Mill, Derbyshire, NG16 4BP (Amber Valley Borough Council) was allowed on 3 June 2025 by Inspector Savage K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on biodiversity.

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the scheme could not deliver policy-compliant affordable housing or infrastructure contributions, combined with the out-of-date status of the relevant development plan policies and the substantial benefits of housing delivery on a sustainably located brownfield site adjacent to the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moderate economic benefits and limited environmental benefits from biodiversity net gain, outweighed the conflicts with out-of-date Saved Policies H10 and LS5 on affordable housing and infrastructure contributions, which were afforded limited weight due to their inconsistency with the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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Saved Policy EN13Saved Policy H3Saved Policy H10Saved Policy LS5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 193

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