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Dismissed17 February 20223276293

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

Planning appeal 3276293 at Land to the North of Jepps Lane, Barton, Preston, PR3 5AQ (Preston City Council) was dismissed on 17 February 2022 by Inspector Price J, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be appropriate, when assessed against the policies in the development plan.

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
Postcode
PR3 5AQ

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
CS Policy 1PLP Policy AD1(b)PLP Policy EN1CS Policy 4CS Policy 7PLP Policy HS4PLP Policy HS5
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 12Paragraph 74Paragraph 78Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 174Paragraph 219
Judgments
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)

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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