Decision details

061919 - R - Full application - Erection of 18no. detached dwellings including means of access & landscaping of the site at Bod Hyfryd Nursing Home, Northop Road, Flint

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

That planning permission be refused in accordance with the officer recommendation, subject to an amended third reason for refusal (set out in the late observations) as follows:

 

The proposal has the potential to cause disturbance to the badger sett located on the western boundary of the site. It is considered that for a buffer zone around the sett to work, that a holistic approach is required as part of the sites wider allocation under HN1.4 of the Local Development Plan (LDP). The proposal as submitted is therefore considered to be contrary to Planning Policy Wales (PPW) - Edition 10, Technical Advice Note 5 - Nature Conservation and Planning and Policies GEN1 and WB1 of the Flintshire Unitary Development Plan.

Report author: Robert Mark Harris

Publication date: 21/01/2021

Date of decision: 13/01/2021

Decided at meeting: 13/01/2021 - Planning Committee

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