®Planning appeal decision
Land at the junction of Chatburn Road and Pimlico Link Road, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 4JX
the erection of 39 dwellings with landscaping and associated works, and access from adjacent development site
- Authority
- Ribble Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Savage K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would constitute a suitable location for residential development, having regard to local and national planning policies
What decided it
The proposal's location outside the settlement boundary of Clitheroe conflicts with the spatial strategy set out in Key Statement DS1 and Policies DMG2 and DMH3, and this very significant development plan conflict is not outweighed by the identified benefits, particularly given the Council's demonstrated five-year housing land supply.
The very significant weight afforded to the conflict with the development plan spatial strategy outweighed the benefits of the proposal (housing delivery, affordable housing, over-55s housing, biodiversity gain, and accessibility), which ranged from limited to moderate weight, resulting in dismissal of the appeal
Framework references: 11, 57
Plan policies cited: Key Statement DS1, Policy DMG2, Policy DMH3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.