®Planning appeal decision
The Old Rectory, 28 Main Street, Frolesworth, Leicestershire, LE17 5EE
Permission in Principle for 1 dwelling on existing tennis court
- Authority
- Harborough District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Snow R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to the council's development strategy, highway safety and the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The unacceptable risk to highway safety arising from severely restricted visibility at the access junction and the narrow track's incompatibility with safe vehicular and pedestrian use, combined with the site's unsuitability under the development strategy, outweighed the benefits of delivering an additional dwelling and a self-build property.
The adverse impacts of harm to the council's development strategy, increased reliance on private vehicles, and unacceptable harm to highway safety significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of delivering an additional dwelling and a self-build property, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 73
Plan policies cited: Policy SS1, Policy SD2, Policy GD3, Policy GD4, Policy H5, Policy GD8, Policy IN2
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.