®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to The Oaks, Potters Lane, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire , PR5 0UE
a large multi-generational 6 bedroom family eco-home, with associated landscaping and sub-level car parking
- Authority
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and the relevant development plan policy
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal qualifies as limited infilling within a village under the Green Belt exception in Policy G1e of the South Ribble Local Plan and paragraph 149(e) of the Framework, and therefore does not constitute inappropriate development requiring very special circumstances.
Framework references: 13, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy G1, Policy G1e
Judgments cited: Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, R (on the application of) v Epping Forest District Council & Anor (Rev 1) [2016] EWCA Civ 404
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.