®Planning appeal decision
Ate Farms Ltd, Moorbarns Lane, Lutterworth, LE17 4JD
Planning appeal 6005911 at Ate Farms Ltd, Moorbarns Lane, Lutterworth, LE17 4JD (Harborough) was allowed on 4 August 2026 by Inspector N Bowden, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on highway safety, with particular reference to: the suitability of the surrounding road network, and the adequacy, necessity and deliverability of proposed off-site highway mitigation measures.
the use of building A for B8 (storage) and building B for B2 (general industrial) together with shared parking and turning
- Authority
- Harborough
- Appeal type
- Planning
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- employment-industrial
- Inspector
- N Bowden
- Postcode
- LE17 4JD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on highway safety, with particular reference to: the suitability of the surrounding road network, and the adequacy, necessity and deliverability of proposed off-site highway mitigation measures
What decided it
The absence of any recorded personal injury accidents and the comparatively low volume of traffic attributable to the appeal uses meant the development would not cause an unacceptable impact on highway safety or severe residual cumulative impacts, even without the proposed off-site mitigation works.
The desirability of the proposed off-site highway works did not outweigh the finding that they were disproportionate to the scale of development and undeliverable through enforceable conditions, and the development was found acceptable in highway safety terms without them, so the appeal was allowed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy IN2Policy GD8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 116Paragraph 56Paragraph 57
- Judgments
- Grampian Regional Council v Aberdeen CC [1983] P&CR 633
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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