®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of Cemetery, Back Lane, Carnforth, Lancashire, LA5 9BH
A Self build, new four bedroom detached house with integral garage for family use. Infilling an existing ditch and creating a wildlife corridor. A new flood defence wall on the western boundary to replace inadequate existing wall protect existing properties and safeguarding private open space for flood storage. New hedging along the north, south and east boundaries
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dean S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal satisfies the requirements of the Sequential Test
- whether the proposal can be suitably drained without increasing flood risk elsewhere
- whether the proposal would result in a loss of biodiversity
What decided it
The proposal fails to satisfy the Sequential Test for flood risk location and lacks verified modelling to demonstrate it can be suitably drained without increasing flood risk elsewhere, creating significant development plan conflict that is not outweighed by other material considerations including biodiversity net gain or self-build housing benefits.
Framework references: 55
Plan policies cited: Policy DM33, Policy DM34, Policy SP8, Policy DM44
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