The appeal is dismissed and planning permission is refused for the demolition of 5 and 7 Prior End, Camberley GU15 1JW and erection of 10 houses (4 x 2 beds, 5 x 3 beds, 1 x 4 bed) together with associated parking and landscaping. The application Ref 13/0224, dated 4 April 2013, was refused by notice dated 9 August 2013.

The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for the demolition of the existing college building and erection of 10 houses comprising 2 and 3 storey and amendment to plot 50 at St Helens College Newton Campus, Crow Lane East, Newton-le-Willows WA12 9TX in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref P/2013/0420, dated 16 May 2013, subject to the conditions set out in Annex A.

Accordingly, for the reasons given below, the Secretary of State agrees with the Inspector’s recommendation. He hereby allows your client’s appeal and grants outline planning permission for the construction of a Strategic Rail Freight Interchange comprising an intermodal terminal and rail and road served distribution units (331,665m2 in Use Class B8 including ancillary B1/B2 floorspace) within Area 1, with associated road, rail and other infrastructure facilities and works within Areas 1 and 2, (including earth mounds and a Park Street/Frogmore relief road) in a landscaped setting, and further landscaping and other works within Areas 3 to 8 inclusive to provide publicly accessible open land and community forest, at land in and around Former Aerodrome, North Orbital Road, Upper Colne Valley, Hertfordshire in accordance with application Ref 5/09/0708 dated 9 April 2009, subject to the conditions set out at Annex B.

Appeal A

The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for residential development of 200 dwellings (Use Class C3) incorporating landscaping, open space, access and highway works, and up to 465 square metres of ancillary commercial development (Use Classes A1/A2/A4/D1) at land at South Loansdean, Morpeth NE61 2DR in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref: 11/02454/FUL, dated 9 September 2011, and the plans submitted with it, subject to the following conditions set out in the attached schedule.

Appeal B

The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for residential development of 186 dwellings (Use Class C3) incorporating landscaping, open space, access and highway works, and up to 465 square metres of ancillary commercial development (Use Classes A1/A2/A4/D1) at land at South Loansdean, Morpeth NE61 2DR in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref:13/00073/FUL, dated 14 January 2013, and the plans submitted with it, subject to the following conditions set out in the attached schedule.

Accordingly, for the reasons given below, the Secretary of State agrees with the Inspector’s recommendations he hereby allows the respective clients’ appeals and grants outline planning permission for:

Appeal A: the development of land for up to 500 dwellings (Class C3); up to 200 unit care facility (Class C2); provision of mixed use local centre to include shop (Class A1); financial & professional services (Class A2); restaurants & café (Class A3); drinking establishment (Class A4); hot food takeaway (Class A5); offices (Class B1a) and police post; indoor bowls facility; means of access and estate roads; public open space; landscaping and infrastructure, subject to the conditions set out at Annex A to this letter, at Pulley Lane, Newland Road and Primsland Way, in accordance with application Ref: W/11/01073/OU; and

Appeal B: the construction of a maximum of 265 dwellings with associated car parking, access, infrastructure provision and open space, subject to the conditions set out at Annex A to this letter, at land north of Pulley Lane and Newland Lane, Newland, in accordance with application Ref: W/12/02336/OU.

The appeal is dismissed and outline planning permission is refused for the development of fourteen affordable homes of mixed type and tenure at the Land South of Newcastle Road, Hough, Cheshire CW2 5JH. The application Ref 13/0210N, dated 10 January 2013, was refused by notice dated 11 April 2013.

The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for is residential development of 30 dwellings, community allotments and orchard, and informal open space at Wakefords Field, West of Broad Road, Hambrook, Chidham, West Sussex in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref CH/13/03376/OUT, dated 16 October 2013, subject to the conditions in the “Conditions Schedule” attached to this decision.

The appeal is dismissed and outline planning permission is refused for the erection of 74 dwellings (including 30 affordable units) with associated access arrangements and open space provision at the Land west of Ryland Road, Dunholme, Lincolnshire. The application Ref 130168, dated 26 June 2013, was refused by notice dated 20 September 2013.

The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for the construction of 8no 3 bed x 4 person houses in two terraces and 4no 2 bed x 3 person houses in a single terrace together with car parking, front and rear gardens, a new adopted access road and all associated boundary treatment and landscaping at Playing Field at the rear of 39 to 61 Hesketh Road, Burscough, Lancashire, L40 7SA in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref 2013/0529/FUL, dated 16 May 2013, and the plans submitted with it, subject to the conditions in the attached schedule.

The appeal is allowed and planning permission is granted for demolition of temporary building and erection of two story teaching block, the replacement of two sports pitches on land south of Ashtead Lane and the redevelopment of two of the existing pitches to provide 46 dwellings, together with associated parking, landscaping and infrastructure works at Godalming College, Ashtead Lane, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1RS in accordance with the terms of the application, Ref WA/2013/0676, dated 15 March 2013, and the plans submitted with it, subject to the conditions in the schedule at the end of this decision.