The first application to be decided under planning performance measures was refused this week, relating to a proposed housing site in Leicestershire.
Section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows applications for planning permission and reserved matters consent to be made directly to the Secretary of State where they involve major development and the Local Planning Authority for the area has been designated as a result of previous underperformance in handling major applications.
Outline planning application for construction of up to 220 new dwellings on land located to the North of Hospital Lane, to the South of Mill Lane and to the East of Bouskell Park, Blaby, Leicestershire was submitted by Gladman Developments Ltd on 23 April 2014.
The decision to refuse planning consent has been made within the statutory 13 weeks of the application being submitted and follows a period of public consultation which ended on 16 May 2014 and a hearing held on 17 June 2014 conducted by Jonathan G King an Inspector appointed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
Simon Ridley, Chief Executive, The Planning Inspectorate said: “This is the first major planning application to be decided by the Planning Inspectorate since it was given responsibility under the Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 to consider applications for major developments where a Local Planning Authority is designated.”
“After careful consideration of the application, the views expressed in over 650 representations submitted in writing and oral evidence given to the inspector at a public hearing, the decision to refuse was made within a deadline of 13 weeks.”
The decision and reasons can be found on the Planning Inspectorate, Major Planning Applications’ website
