Land to the south of Sugar Hill Farm, Stockton Lane , York, YO31 0LA

in outline with all matters reserved (save for the point of access details on Stockton Lane) for up to 380 dwellings (including 2 gypsy and traveller pitches), community facilities/childcare provision/retail unit and associated works

Authority: City of York Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Ware P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The only remaining issue relates to the proposed education contribution — it is agreed a contribution is necessary under LP policy SS9(4), the dispute being over the inputs into the calculation

What decided it

The Inspector's conclusion that the Council's evidence did not justify departing from the national regional cost factor for calculating the education contribution, meaning the proposal complied with LP policy SS9(4) and thus with the development plan as a whole.

the proposal accords with the development plan taken as a whole and attracts both the s38(6) presumption and the NPPF paragraph 11(c) presumption in favour of sustainable development, with no material considerations weighing against it

Framework references: 11, 58

Plan policies cited: Policy SS9, Policy SS9(4), Policy ST7

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