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An application for a mixed-use redevelopment of residential and non-residential buildings and regeneration of a brownfield site was refused by councillors at a special Planning Committee on 22 May 2024.
Following a long debate, the officer recommendation ‘minded to grant’ was not carried, with 3 councillors voting in favour of the scheme and 7 voting against it.
Read more about the Planning Committee decision.
On 7 October 2024 St William announced in the media that it had submitted an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate following the refusal of the application.
On 5 November 2024 the Planning Inspectorate announced that an inspector has been appointed and the dates for the Inquiry set. It will run for eight days from 10am on 18 March 2025.
Officers will begin to notify local residents in the coming weeks and upload the appeal submission details to our planning register.
The appellant’s appeal documents are available on the Planning Register, search for reference number BH2021/04167.
The deadline to make further comments is 11 December 2024. To make a further comment go to the Planning Inspectorate website not the council, and search by the appeal reference number APP/Q1445/W/24/3353409.