®Planning appeal decision
Land To The South East Of Brooke Road, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6HQ
the erection of up to 140 dwellings, amenity space, provision of land for a school car park, areas for outdoor play, wildlife area, landscaping and all associated infrastructure
- Authority
- Rutland County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Butcher H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would result in an unacceptable impact on highway safety, or the residual cumulative impacts on the road network, following mitigation, would be severe, taking into account all reasonable future scenarios
- The effect of the development on the integrity of Rutland Water
What decided it
The lack of substantive evidence of unacceptable highway safety or severe residual traffic impacts, combined with the housing land supply shortfall engaging the tilted balance, meant the substantial benefits of the scheme outweighed its limited adverse impacts.
The substantial benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing, biodiversity net gain and economic benefits outweighed the limited harm from traffic impacts associated with level crossing closures and the limited adverse impact of BMV land loss.
Framework references: 11, 57, 58, 115, 175
Plan policies cited: Policy SP15, Policy CS18, Policy 1 (NP), Policy CS21, Policy SP19, Policy 10 (NP), Policy 3 (NP), Policy CS23, Policy SP22, Policy 9 (NP)
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.