®Planning appeal decision
Pheasantfield Farm, Borwick, CARNFORTH, LA6 1AJ
the conversion of barn into 2no. dwellings, conversion of outbuildings to garage/store and erection of one new dwelling
- Authority
- Lancaster City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Robbie K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is in a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to local and national policies and access to services and facilities
- Whether the location of the development is appropriate having regard to the impacts and risks of surface water flooding, including the application of the sequential test
What decided it
The appeal site fails the sequential test for flood risk and is in an unsustainable location remote from services, and these harms are not outweighed by the housing benefits, particularly given the fallback scheme would deliver the same number of dwellings.
The adverse impacts of the proposal (unsustainable location and flood risk) significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits (three new dwellings contributing to housing supply), with the presumption in favour of sustainable development displaced by flood risk policies in footnote 7 of the Framework.
Framework references: 2, 5, 11, 14
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy SP2, Policy DM4, Policy DM60, Policy DM33
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.