®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Oddfellows Street, Cleckheaton, BD19 6NX
the erection of 33 dwellings along with all associated infrastructure, parking, open space and landscaping
- Authority
- Kirklees Metropolitan Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Rafiq F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
What decided it
The absence of any realistic prospect of securing the necessary highway improvements to Oddfellows Street within the permission timeframe, due to the requirement to impose works on unwilling neighbouring landowners and lack of certainty of Council Member approval, creates an unacceptable harmful impact on highway safety that substantially outweighs the benefits of housing delivery.
The significant benefits of 33 dwellings including affordable housing on an allocated site in a district with acute housing need were substantially outweighed by the very significant and long-lasting harm to highway safety arising from the inability to secure necessary improvements to the inadequate access road within the permission timeframe.
Framework references: 11, 116
Plan policies cited: Policy LP20, Policy LP21, Policy LP22, Principle 12 of the Housebuilders Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document
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.