®Planning appeal decision
Land to the south of Nell Lane, Chorley , PR25 5TB
full planning permission for 115 dwellings, together with associated parking, landscaping, drainage, pump station, the layout of roads and footways and other associated works
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Milliken M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development, with specific regard to highway works, on the character and appearance of Nell Lane and the surrounding area, including the effect on trees and hedgerows
- The adequacy of the Obligation to provide for affordable housing and open space provision made necessary by the proposed development
What decided it
The proposed development's accordance with the development plan allocation for housing, combined with the acceptability of mitigation measures for character and appearance impacts and the provision of affordable housing exceeding policy requirements, outweighed the identified harm.
The harm to character and appearance through loss of hedgerow and trees, and the modest scale of highway works, were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the benefits of 115 dwellings to meet local housing need and the contribution to boosting housing supply, together with affordable housing provision at 30% and public footpath provision.
Framework references: 11, 57, 130, 174
Plan policies cited: Policy HS1.31, Policy EP1.15, Policy BNE1, Policy 7 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy
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.