®Planning appeal decision
Land at Blackburn Road, Wheelton, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 8HS
outline planning application for residential development of up to 40 dwellings with access from Blackburn Road and all other matters reserved
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wildgoose G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is consistent with the objectives of local and national planning policies relating to the location of housing
- if there are any adverse effects of the development proposed, including conflict with the development plan as a whole, whether they would be outweighed by any other material considerations
What decided it
The absence of a five-year housing land supply and the out-of-date housing requirement policy, combined with the meaningful contribution to housing delivery and the absence of significant environmental or amenity harm, meant the benefits of the proposal outweighed the conflict with the development plan under the tilted balance.
The conflict with Policy 1 of the Core Strategy and loss of greenfield agricultural land (moderate harm) were outweighed by the significant benefit of providing up to 40 dwellings including 35% affordable housing in circumstances of a shortfall in housing land supply, together with moderate environmental benefits from biodiversity net gain and limited benefits from highway improvements and open space provision.
Framework references: 11, 57, 74, 79
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy 4 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy 7 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy 15 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy 16 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy 17 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy 27 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy 29 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy, Policy V2 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy BNE1 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy BNE6 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy BNE8 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy BNE9 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy BNE10 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy BNE11 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy HS4A of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy HS4B of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026, Policy ST1 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026
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.