21 Ruddle Way, Langham, Rutland, LE15 7NZ

Planning appeal 6004131 at 21 Ruddle Way, Langham, Rutland, LE15 7NZ (Rutland County Council) was dismissed on 15 April 2026 by Inspector Cheesley J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of varying conditions 2 and 5 of planning application 2024/1057/FUL on highway and pedestrian safety.

to vary conditions 2 and 5 of planning application Ref 2024/1057/FUL by moving the third parking space to the left of the house. This would require removing an area of garden and a tree to allow for an additional car parking space. A picket fence would be erected along the front boundary. 4. The proposed parking space would be at right angles to Ruddle Way, tightly adjacent to a picket fence. The proposed picket fence and lack of dropped kerb directly outside the frontage would not allow direct vehicular access to the front of Appeal

Authority: Rutland County Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Cheesley J
Postcode: LE15 7NZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of varying conditions 2 and 5 of planning application 2024/1057/FUL on highway and pedestrian safety

What decided it

The proposed parking layout would not provide adequate and safe vehicular access and egress, creating a detriment to highway and pedestrian safety that could not be justified by the preservation of the Conservation Area's character.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP15
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 114

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