®Planning appeal decision
Bushells Farm Mill Lane, Goosnargh, PRESTON, PR3 2BJ
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
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- whether the development plan policies most important for determining these appeals are out-of-date, with reference to (a) whether the lpa can show a 5-year supply of deliverable housing sites and (b) consistency with the National Planning Policy Framework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
Framework references: 3, 8, 11, 33, 56, 60, 61, 74, 81, 84, 110, 111, 174
Plan policies cited: JCS Policy 1, JCS Policy 4, LP Policy EN1, JCS Policy 7, JCS Policy 13, JCS Policy 16, JCS Policy 18, JCS Policy 21, JCS Policy 22, JCS Policy 29, LP Policies AD 1 a and b, LP Policies HS4 and 5, LP Policy EN8, LP Policies EN 10 and 11, Policy ST2
Judgments cited: 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)
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.