®Planning appeal decision
Loopy Lous Plant Nursery Lodge Lane, Farington Moss, Preston, PR26 6RA
Planning appeal 3342915 at Loopy Lous Plant Nursery Lodge Lane, Farington Moss, Preston, PR26 6RA (South Ribble Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 November 2024 by Inspector Brook S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies including, where appropriate, its effect on openness.
‘Change of use of an area of yard to allow for storage of fencing materials and containers.’
- Authority
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Change of use
- Inspector
- Brook S
- Postcode
- PR26 6RA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies including, where appropriate, its effect on openness
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring residential properties with regard to noise and disturbance
- If development is inappropriate, whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal amounts to inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would harm openness and would also cause unacceptable noise and disturbance to neighbouring residents, with economic benefits insufficient to constitute very special circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy G1Policy G17Policy 17
- 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.
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