®Planning appeal decision
Holker Cottage, Holker Lane, Ulnes Walton, Leyland, PR26 8LL
Planning appeal 3321544 at Holker Cottage, Holker Lane, Ulnes Walton, Leyland, PR26 8LL (Chorley Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 25 January 2024 by Inspector Walker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan and national planning policies, taking into account the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it.
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- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- PR26 8LL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to relevant development plan and national planning policies, taking into account the effect on the openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring residential properties, with regard to noise (Appeals B and D only)
- Whether the period for compliance with the enforcement notice is unreasonably short (Appeals A and B ground (g) only)
What decided it
The development is inappropriate in the Green Belt and causes harm through loss of openness via increased traffic movements and spatial erosion, which is not clearly outweighed by the provision of local employment and services, and no very special circumstances exist to justify approval.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BNE1 of the Chorley Local Plan 2015
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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