Planning appeal decision
257-259 Belgrave Gate and The Bridle Lane Tavern, 1 Lower Willow Street, Leicester, LE1 3HU
Planning appeal 6004001 at 257-259 Belgrave Gate and The Bridle Lane Tavern, 1 Lower Willow Street, Leicester, LE1 3HU (Leicester) was allowed on 19 June 2026 by Inspector Graham Wraight, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 27 is necessary and reasonable in the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area, and whether it is precise in its requirements.
Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a self-storage facility (Use Class B8), with associated landscaping, parking and servicing areas
- Authority
- Leicester
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- employment-industrial
- Inspector
- Graham Wraight
- Postcode
- LE1 3HU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 27 is necessary and reasonable in the interests of visual amenity and the character and appearance of the area, and whether it is precise in its requirements
What decided it
The typographical error in condition 27 referring to itself rather than condition 26 required correction, which the Inspector could only do by allowing the appeal, despite finding the condition itself reasonable and necessary.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS03Policy UD06
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57
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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