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Dismissed3 February 20223258894

Land South of Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh Preston, PR3 2AX

Planning appeal 3258894 at Land South of Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh Preston, PR3 2AX (Preston City Council) was dismissed on 3 February 2022 by Inspector Baird G, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal conflicts with the development plan.

for the erection of up to 65 dwellings with access from Whittingham Lane. Appeal B: APP/N2345/W/20/3258894 Land to the south of Whittingham Lane, Goosnargh, Lancashire

Authority
Preston City Council
Appeal type
other · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
Baird G

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal conflicts with the development plan
  • whether the development plan policies most important for determining these appeals are out-of-date, with reference to (a) whether the lpa can show a 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites and (b) consistency with the National Planning Policy Framework (Framework)
  • the effect on the character of the village
  • whether the conclusions on matters 2a and 2b above or any other material consideration would justify allowing the appeals, the planning balance

What decided it

The fundamental conflict of both schemes with the development plan's spatial strategy (JCS Policy 1 and LP Policy EN1) was not outweighed by the benefits, given the Council's healthy housing land supply.

The substantial weight attached to market and affordable housing delivery, together with significant weight to economic benefits and lesser weight to other benefits, did not outweigh the fundamental conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy and the development plan taken as a whole.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
JCS Policy 1JCS Policy 4LP Policy EN1LP Policy AD1 a and bLP Policy HS4LP Policy HS5JCS Policy 13JCS Policy 21JCS Policy 16LP Policy EN8JCS Policy 17JCS Policy 18JCS Policy 22LP Policy EN10LP Policy EN11JCS Policy 29LP Policy ST2JCS Policy 7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 3Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 33Paragraph 57Paragraph 60Paragraph 61Paragraph 74Paragraph 81Paragraph 84Paragraph 110Paragraph 111Paragraph 174Paragraph 203
Judgments
Wainhomes (North-West) Limited & Secretary of State for Housing Communities & Local Government & South Ribble Borough Council [2020] EWHC 2294 (Admin); Wavendon Properties Limited and Secretary of State of Housing Communities and Local Government and Milton Keynes Council [2019] EWHC1524 (Admin)

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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