Land at Crabtree Farm, Hinckley Road, Barwell, Leicestershire, LE9 8DB

a residential development of 16 dwellinghouses with associated garages, driveway, open space, landscaping and drainage

Authority: Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Wraight G

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 (CIL Regs).

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the four applications amounted to one comprehensive development exceeding the 100-dwelling contribution threshold, making the education contributions CIL-compliant, while the unsubstantiated healthcare contribution was not, within an otherwise agreed planning balance favouring the schemes.

The Council's overall planning balance in favour of the proposals (including housing benefits and comparison with extant permissions) was accepted by the Inspector as common ground, with the only live dispute being the education and healthcare contributions; resolving that dispute did not alter the conclusion that permission should be granted for all four appeals.

Plan policies cited: Policy DM3 of the SADMP, Policy 15 of the Core Strategy 2009 (CS), Policy 19 of the CS, Policy DM17 of the SADMP

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