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Allowed14 September 20213256381

Land off Victoria Road, Horwich, BL6 5PH

Planning appeal 3256381 at Land off Victoria Road, Horwich, BL6 5PH (Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 14 September 2021 by Inspector Jones G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether this would be an acceptable location for housing development, having regards to the spatial strategy in the development plan.

residential development of up to 276 dwellings with access and associated works

Authority
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Jones G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether this would be an acceptable location for housing development, having regards to the spatial strategy in the development plan
  • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to Horwich's landscape setting

What decided it

The absence of a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance, so the benefits of housing delivery were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harms, even taking the Council's and SRA's worst-case position on landscape and character harm.

the considerable benefits of housing delivery, including market and affordable housing, outweighed the limited weight attached to conflict with the spatial strategy and even the very significant weight that might be attached to landscape/character harm, such that the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the Framework as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SC1Policy OA1Policy CG6APPolicy CG3Policy IPC1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11

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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