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Planning permission granted3 October 20253336702

Woodlands Bleasdale Road, Whitechapel, Preston, PR3 2ER

Planning appeal 3336702 at Woodlands Bleasdale Road, Whitechapel, Preston, PR3 2ER (Preston City Council) was allowed on 3 October 2025 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the site provides a suitable location for new residential development.

‘Without planning permission, the erection of a dwelling house known as 'Woodlands'’

Authority
Preston City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
PR3 2ER

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the site provides a suitable location for new residential development
  • the effect on the character and appearance of the locality and the protected Forest of Bowland National Landscape area

What decided it

The building's siting within and as part of an existing group of development, filling the gap left by a demolished storage shed, constituted acceptable infill development under the development plan policies, and its visual impact on the National Landscape was sufficiently moderated by context and topography to be acceptable subject to landscaping enhancement.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 1 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy Local Development FrameworkPolicy EN1 of the Preston Local Plan 2012-2026Policy 13 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy Local Development FrameworkPolicy 17 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy Local Development FrameworkPolicy 21 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy Local Development FrameworkPolicy EN6 of the Preston Local Plan 2012-2026Policy EN9 of the Preston Local Plan 2012-2026
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 55Paragraph 56Paragraph 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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