Land to the North of Jepps Lane, Barton, Preston, PR3 5AQ

residential development for up to 125 no. dwellings. This

Authority: Preston City Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Price J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be appropriate, when assessed against the policies in the development plan.

What decided it

The proposal's clear conflict with the up-to-date spatial strategy policies (CS Policy 1 and PLP Policy EN1), to which substantial weight and harm was attached, outweighed the benefits of the scheme.

the significant weight attached to housing supply and affordable housing benefits, together with lesser weight given to other benefits, did not outweigh the substantial weight and harm attributed to the proposal's conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy

Framework references: 11, 12, 74, 78, 79, 80, 174, 219

Plan policies cited: CS Policy 1, PLP Policy AD1(b), PLP Policy EN1, CS Policy 4, CS Policy 7, PLP Policy HS4, PLP Policy HS5

Judgments cited: Wavendon Properties Limited v SSHCLG and Milton Keynes Council [2019] EWHC 1524 (Admin); Anita Colman v SoSCLG [2013] EWHC 1138; Borough of Telford and Wrekin v SoSCLG and Gladman Developments Limited [2016] EWHC 3073 (Admin); Eastleigh BC v SoSCLG [2019] EWHC 1862 (Admin)

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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