Agenda item

The Head of Planning and Building Control submitted a report on Planning Application 2019/0623 -  Residential development of 97 no. dwellinghouses with garages, parking spaces and public open space and associated roads and sewers, Land at Lowfield Road, Bolton Upon Dearne.

Mr R Spears (Applicant) attended the meeting and spoke against the officer recommendation to refuse the application.

RESOLVED that the application be refused in accordance with the Officer recommendations namely:

(i)            The proposed development would result in an unacceptable impact on highway safety due to the intensification of use of the railway bridge over Lowfield Road, a known substandard access route.  Furthermore, the traffic signal scheme, proposed as mitigation, had been assessed as being unacceptable in highway safety terms, therefore, the development was contrary to Local Plan Policies T4 and HS42 as well as NPPF (July 2021) Paragraph 111; and

(ii)          The applicant had not submitted sufficient details to demonstrate that the impact of the development and associated traffic on the wider highway network, and in particular the Station Road, Angel Street junction, could be adequately mitigated to ensure safe, secure and convenient access and movement as required by local Plan Policy T4.