Planning appeal decision
Land at Crabtree Farm, Hinckley Road, Barwell, Leicestershire, LE9 8DB
Planning appeal 6002756 at Land at Crabtree Farm, Hinckley Road, Barwell, Leicestershire, LE9 8DB (Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council) was allowed on 28 May 2026 by Inspector Wraight G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issue in all of the appeals is whether the planning obligations requested with respect to education and healthcare provision would meet the tests set out in Regulation 122(2) of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010.
a residential development of 16 dwellinghouses with associated garages, driveway, open space, landscaping and drainage
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Wraight G
- Postcode
- LE9 8DB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The main issue in all of the appeals is whether the planning obligations requested with respect to education and healthcare provision would meet the tests set out in Regulation 122(2) of the Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010.
What decided it
Because the education contributions were found to meet the CIL Regulation 122(2) tests (as the four schemes were treated as a single development exceeding the 100-dwelling threshold) while the healthcare contribution did not, and because a blue-pencil clause meant the obligations remained valid either way, the agreed planning balance in favour of the development was unaffected and all four appeals were allowed.
The Inspector agreed with the main parties that the planning balance, including design, extant permissions, development plan conflict, housing land supply and scheme benefits, favoured allowing the developments regardless of the outcome on the disputed education and healthcare contributions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM3Policy 15Policy 19Policy DM17
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
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