®Planning appeal decision
16 Halifax Avenue, Conisbrough, Doncaster, DN12 3PP
Planning appeal 3355017 at 16 Halifax Avenue, Conisbrough, Doncaster, DN12 3PP (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 19 June 2025 by Inspector Kempton N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
2No dwellings to land between 16 & 18 Halifax Avenue
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Kempton N
- Postcode
- DN12 3PP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of the occupiers of no. 16 and 18 Halifax Avenue with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- the safe and efficient operation of the highway in the vicinity of the site
What decided it
The combination of harm to character and appearance, inadequate living conditions for neighbouring occupants, and unsafe highway access arrangements could not be outweighed by the limited housing benefit, particularly given the Council's demonstrated five-year housing land supply.
the modest benefit of two additional dwellings did not outweigh the identified harm to character and appearance, living conditions of neighbours, and highway safety
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 41Policy 10Policy 44 A)Policy 44 B)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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