®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent Blainscough Hall, Blainscough Lane, Coppull, PR7 5FG
the erection of up to 123 dwellings (including 30% affordable housing) with public open space provision, structural planting and landscaping and vehicular access points from Grange Drive
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Hockenhull H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the Council can demonstrate a 5 year supply of deliverable housing land, having particular regard to the development plan, relevant national policy and guidance, the housing need or requirement in Chorley and the deliverability of the housing land supply
- Whether or not the most important policies of the development plan for determining the appeal are out of date, having particular regard to the 5 year housing land supply position and relevant national policy
- Whether this, or any other material consideration, would justify the proposed development on safeguarded land at this time
- Whether or not there are adequate secondary school places to serve the development
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply, engaging the tilted balance, which the significant housing and affordable housing benefits were found to outweigh the limited harm from conflict with the out-of-date safeguarded land policy.
The significant weight attributed to the delivery of 123 dwellings and 37 affordable homes, together with moderate and limited weight given to economic, open space and biodiversity benefits, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited weight given to conflict with the safeguarded land policy BNE.3, so the tilted balance favoured allowing the appeal.
Framework references: 11, 33, 74, 76, 109, 143, 170, 175
Plan policies cited: Policy 1, Policy 4, Policy BNE.3, Policy BNE1, Policy BNE9, Policy 2, Policy 14, Policy 7, Policy 24, Policy HS4A, Policy HS4B, Policy 15, Policy 27, Policy 3
Judgments cited: Tewkesbury BC v SSHCLG & JJ Gallagher & R Cook [2021] EWHC 2782 (Admin)
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.