®Planning appeal decision
Land at Tincklers Lane,, Eccleston, PR7 5QY
Planning appeal 3272310 at Land at Tincklers Lane,, Eccleston, PR7 5QY (Chorley Borough Council) was allowed on 18 February 2022 by Inspector Gibbons L, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Appeal A: Whether or not the proposal integrates satisfactorily with the surrounding area with particular regard to patterns of movement and connectivity.
outline planning application for the construction of up to 80 dwellings with all matters reserved aside from vehicular access from Doctors Lane. The development includes public open space, structural greenspace and surface water attenuation ponds
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Gibbons L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Appeal A: Whether or not the proposal integrates satisfactorily with the surrounding area with particular regard to patterns of movement and connectivity
- Appeal B: The effect of the proposal on highway safety including accessibility of the appeal site
- Whether or not the Council is able to demonstrate a five-year supply of housing land
- Whether or not the most important policies of the development plan are out of date
- Whether any adverse effects, including conflict with the development plan as a whole, would be outweighed by other material considerations
What decided it
For Appeal A the absence of harm from the access/connectivity strategy allowed housing benefits to outweigh the limited conflict with safeguarded land policy BNE3; for Appeal B the failure to provide a safe and attractive alternative pedestrian/cycle access caused harm to highway safety that outweighed the benefits.
In Appeal A the benefits of market and affordable housing and economic benefits outweighed the limited weight attached to conflict with Policy BNE3, so permission was granted; in Appeal B the harm to highway safety from an unsafe pedestrian/cycle access significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits, so the appeal was dismissed despite the tilted balance being engaged.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 1Policy 2Policy 3Policy 4Policy 7Policy 17Policy 22Policy 29Policy BNE1Policy BNE3Policy BNE9Policy ST1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 33Paragraph 56Paragraph 62Paragraph 74Paragraph 114Paragraph 130Paragraph 143
- Judgments
- Tewkesbury Borough Council v Secretary of State for Housing Communities and Local Government [2021] EWHC 2782 (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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