®Planning appeal decision
Land North West Of Newlands Road, Lancaster, LA1 4JE
outline application for the erection of up to 1 10 no. dwellings including access
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Harrison F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the local road network
- whether the proposal would support active and sustainable modes of travel
What decided it
the absence of robust evidence that the residual cumulative impacts of the development on the already-constrained local road network would not be severe, resulting in substantial harm that outweighed the housing and other benefits even under the tilted balance.
substantial harm to the local road network and design quality, attracting substantial negative weight, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the substantial benefits of housing delivery and moderate economic benefits, even applying the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d)(ii).
Framework references: 11, 116, 135, 139
Plan policies cited: LP1 Policy SP2, LP2 Policy DM58, LP2 Policy DM60, LP2 Policy DM64
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