®Planning appeal decision
Marsh Road Trading Estate, Marsh Road, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, LE12 7JP
demolition of existing factory buildings and erection of 16 dwellings, parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be an effective use of land having regard to the Council's development plan policies
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposed development would secure biodiversity net gain (BNG)
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the employment site had been marketed for at least six months at reasonable market values, combined with the significant harm to the character and appearance of the area through the incongruous large block and car-parking-dominated frontage, outweighed the modest housing and economic benefits.
The modest contribution to housing supply and short-term and long-term economic benefits, together with social and environmental benefits, attracted moderate weight but did not outweigh the harm to character and appearance and the failure to demonstrate effective use of land.
Framework references: 49, 232, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1, Policy SC1, Policy E2, Policy CS2, Policy EV/1, Policy DS5, Policy CS13, Policy EV6
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.