®Planning appeal decision
Land at Wesley Place, Wesley Place, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 8JD
PIP stage 1 for up to two dwellings
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rafferty C
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location, the proposed land use and the amount of development is suitable, with regard to (i) the character and appearance of the area; (ii) highway safety; and (iii) land stability
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate it is meeting the required housing delivery target engaged the tilted balance under paragraph 11(d) of the Framework, and the Inspector found no conflict with Framework policies and no adverse impacts that would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits of housing supply.
The contribution of up to two dwellings to housing supply was afforded moderate weight; no conflict with Framework policies was identified and no adverse impacts would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits when assessed against the policies in the Framework as a whole, therefore the proposal benefits from the presumption in favour of sustainable development.
Framework references: 11, 110, 130, 174, 184
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV1, Policy ENV3
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.