School House Barn Land Adjacent Pear Tree Cottage, Circular Road, Seaview, PO34 5ET

Authority: Isle of Wight
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: PO34 5ET

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with particular regard to users of Circular Road and High Street

What decided it

The replacement of the existing substandard High Street access with the proposed Circular Road gate access provides a minor betterment to highway safety by reducing conflict between pedestrians and vehicles, outweighing the minor residual highway safety risk of the new access.

the minor betterment to highway safety from replacing the existing High Street access with the proposed Circular Road gate access outweighed the minor residual highway safety risk and minor conflict with Policy DM2

Plan policies cited: Policy DM2, Policy DM17, Policy TR7

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