Planning appeal decision
Bushells Farm Mill Lane, Goosnargh, Preston, PR3 2BJ
Planning appeal 3258912 at Bushells Farm Mill Lane, Goosnargh, Preston, PR3 2BJ (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 140 dwellings (45% affordable) and associated works
- Authority
- Preston City Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Baird G
- Postcode
- PR3 2BJ
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- whether the development plan policies most important for determining these appeals are out-of-date, with reference to (a) whether the lpa can show a 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites and (b) consistency with the National Planning Policy Framework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 or any other material consideration would justify allowing the appeals
What decided it
The proposal's fundamental conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy (JCS Policy 1 and LP Policy EN1), which the identified benefits did not outweigh under the flat balance.
the substantial and significant benefits of market and affordable housing, economic growth and other contributions did not outweigh the fundamental conflict with the development plan spatial strategy and the development plan taken as a whole
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- JCS Policy 1JCS Policy 4LP Policy EN1JCS Policy 7JCS Policy 13JCS Policy 16JCS Policy 18JCS Policy 21JCS Policy 22JCS Policy 29LP Policies AD 1 a and bLP Policies HS4 and 5LP Policy EN8LP Policies EN 10 and 11Policy ST2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 3Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 33Paragraph 56Paragraph 60Paragraph 61Paragraph 74Paragraph 81Paragraph 84Paragraph 110Paragraph 111Paragraph 174
- 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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