®Planning appeal decision
Land To The West Of Brookside Garage, Dean Street, Trawden, Lancashire, BB8 8QS
Planning appeal 3314458 at Land To The West Of Brookside Garage, Dean Street, Trawden, Lancashire, BB8 8QS (Pendle Borough Council) was allowed on 3 October 2023 by Inspector Normington S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition requiring provision of four affordable dwellings is reasonable or necessary in the interests of the provision of affordable housing.
the demolition of outbuildings/sheds and erection of 20 No. 3 & 4 bed properties comprising 3 terraced, 14 semi-detached and 3 detached dwellinghouses with associated parking and vehicular access from Dean Str eet and Skipton Road without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 20/0865/FUL, dated 26 October 2021
- Authority
- Pendle Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Normington S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition requiring provision of four affordable dwellings is reasonable or necessary in the interests of the provision of affordable housing
What decided it
The robust viability appraisal demonstrating that the affordable housing requirement would render the development unviable, accepted by the Council's own consultants, justified removal of the affordable housing element from condition 18.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy LIV4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 54Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 58
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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