Appeal 3345914
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Official decision document
The decision, section by section
5 sections
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Section 01
Development description
vehicular access.
Section 02
Decision
The appeal is dismissed.
Section 03
Main Issue
The main issue is the effect of the proposal on highway safety.
Section 04
Reasons
The appeal property is a terraced dwelling, set back from the highway, with a long, narrow front garden area. The proposal would see a parking area created in that area for the off-road parking of one vehicle. I understand from the submitted evidence that the appellant parks to the rear of the property, but this causes issues with adjacent properties, and it appears to be some form of informal access at the rear used by residents.
There is inadequate space at the appeal site to allow a vehicle to turn in order to leave and enter in forward gear. Vehicles entering or leaving the property in reverse would be at risk of and have the potential to, cause collisions, as well as prejudicing the safety of any pedestrians passing on the pavement due to limitations in visibility.
The slowing down and turning movements of vehicles using the proposed vehicle access would lead to a potential source of danger and would be a hindrance to the safe movement of traffic and pedestrians at this point.
The appellant has stated that a nearby property has created a similar access, but I have no evidence to state whether this has obtained planning permission or not. Regardless, each proposal should be assessed on its own merits.
For the reasons already set out, I conclude overall that a safe vehicle access to the appeal site could not be achieved as its use would encroach onto and affect the highway and pedestrian walkway due to the inability to leave the access safely and has the pedestrian to cause harm to highway safety due to visibility and pedestrian safety. In combination, these factors would lead to an unacceptable risk of conflict between highway users.
Therefore, I find conflict with policy ST1 of the Ashfield Local Plan Review (2002) which, amongst other matters, expects development to not adversely affect highway safety. I also find conflict with the guidance set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, the Nottingham County Council Highway Design Guide and the [name] Planning Document.
Section 05
Conclusion
For the reasons given above, having considered the development plan as a whole, the approach in the Framework, and all other material considerations, I conclude that the appeal should not succeed.
Planning inspector and document dates
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Appeal Decision
- Extracted inspector · page 1
- Inspector attribution ID 221No official casework-database value to compare
- Extracted decision date · page 1
- 30 August 2024Matches the official casework database
- Extracted site visit dates
- 6 August 2024 (page 1)
Reference and authority
Official identifiers and the planning authority recorded against this case.
- Case reference
- 3345914
- Application reference
- V/2024/0165
- Lead case reference
- Not recorded
- Planning authority
- Ashfield District Council
- Planning authority code
- E07000170
Casework details
The casework, procedure, development and linking details supplied by the official record.
- Casework type
- Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development type
- Householder developments
- Appeal type reason
- 1. Refused planning permission
- Appeal reason
- Refusal
- Type detail
- Planning Appeals - Full
- Jurisdiction
- Transferred
- Link status
- Not Linked
Site and development
Published appeal-site measurements and planning designations, without the withheld precise location fields.
- Site area
- Not recorded
- Floor space
- Not recorded
- Number of residences
- 1
- Site in Green Belt
- No
- Agricultural holding
- Not recorded
- Affects setting of a listed building
- Not recorded
- Historic building grant made
- Not recorded
- Relates to a conservation area
- Not recorded
- Flooding is an issue
- Not recorded
- Site within an AONB
- Not recorded
- Site within an SSSI
- Not recorded
Decision and dates
The published outcome and every imported case date.
- Official decision
- Dismissed
- Decision category
- Dismissed
- Received date
- 7 June 2024
- Valid date
- 13 June 2024
- Start date
- 17 July 2024
- Planning authority decision date
- 7 June 2024
- Appeal decision date
- 30 August 2024
Case administration
Published recovery, call-in, costs and enforcement information for this case.
- Redetermined
- No
- Bespoke
- No
- Date recovered
- Not recorded
- Date not recovered or derecovered
- Not recorded
- Call-in date
- Not recorded
- Costs applied for
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds count
- Not recorded
- Enforcement grounds
- Not recorded
Source and catalogue history
When this record appeared in the rolling official release and when the catalogue stored it.
- Source
- Planning Inspectorate casework database
- Source data system
- Horizon
- Dataset status
- Current release
- Catalogue record ID
- 56416
- First seen
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Last seen
- 20 August 2026 at 16:28
- Removed from release
- Not recorded
- Record created
- 20 August 2026 at 14:24
- Record updated
- 24 August 2026 at 16:21