®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent to The Oaks, Potters Lane, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire , PR5 0UE
Planning appeal 3274471 at Land Adjacent to The Oaks, Potters Lane, Samlesbury, Preston, Lancashire , PR5 0UE (South Ribble Borough Council) was allowed on 4 October 2021 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the Framework and the relevant development plan policy.
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
- Postcode
- PR5 0UE
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy G1Policy G1e
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 13Paragraph 149
- Judgments
- Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, R (on the application of) v Epping Forest District Council & Anor (Rev 1) [2016] EWCA Civ 404
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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