Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of Oakdene, Chain House Lane, Whitestake, Preston, PR4 4LE
Planning appeal 3234070 at Land Rear of Oakdene, Chain House Lane, Whitestake, Preston, PR4 4LE (South Ribble Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 June 2021 by Inspector Dawe A, following an inquiry.
Outline Planning Permission for up to 100 dwellings with access and associated works
- Authority
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Dawe A
What decided it
Whether Core Strategy Policy 4(a) was out of date was a matter of planning judgement on which reasonable disagreement was permissible, so the Council's maintenance of its first reason for refusal was not unreasonable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy G3Core Strategy Policy 4Policy 4(a)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 73
- Judgments
- Manchester City Council v. SoSE & Mercury Communications Ltd [1998] JPL 774; R v. SSE ex parte North Norfolk DC [1994] 2 PLR 78; Wainhomes Ltd v SoS HCLG and South Ribble BC [2020] EWHC 2294 (Admin); North Wiltshire DC v SoSE [1992] 65 P&CR 34; R (Davison) v Elmbridge [2019] EWHC 1409 (Admin); Bloor Homes
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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