®Planning appeal decision
Land to the South of Nell Lane, Chorley , PR25 5TB
Planning appeal 3272623 at Land to the South of Nell Lane, Chorley , PR25 5TB (Chorley Borough Council) was allowed on 25 November 2021 by Inspector Milliken M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HS1.31Policy EP1.15Policy BNE1Policy 7 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 57Paragraph 130Paragraph 174
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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