Inspector grants L&Q permission for 73-home scheme after council refusal.

A planning inspector has granted permission to housing association giant L&Q to build a 73-home scheme which was refused by Coventry city councillors against the advice of officers.

The inspector, following an inquiry, disagreed with councillors’ claims that the Wilsons Lane development would affect people’s living conditions due to extra traffic and also create highway safety problems.

The land, previously within the green belt, was promoted by L&Q’s land arm L&Q Estates through the Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Plan. Subsequently, it was removed from the green belt and allocated for employment land and dwellings.