Land To The Rear Of Cottages, Long Level, Cowan Bridge, Lancashire, LA6 2HS

Planning appeal 3289013 at Land To The Rear Of Cottages, Long Level, Cowan Bridge, Lancashire, LA6 2HS (Lancaster City Council) was allowed on 9 May 2022 by Inspector Wilkinson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying the condition would have on the appropriateness of the site for the development with reference to its vulnerability to flooding.

the erection of 2 dwellings with associated access without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 18/01591/FUL, dated 26 April 2019

Authority: Lancaster City Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Wilkinson F
Postcode: LA6 2HS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect that varying the condition would have on the appropriateness of the site for the development with reference to its vulnerability to flooding

What decided it

The advanced stage of construction of the dwellings and the site-specific flood risk assessment demonstrating the development would be safe without increasing flood risk elsewhere, combined with the fact that the addition would be a householder proposal once the dwelling was occupied, provided material considerations of sufficient weight to outweigh the failure to pass the sequential test.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM33
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 159Paragraph 162Paragraph 168

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