Planning appeal decision
Adjacent 93 Burnley Road, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 8PZ
Planning appeal 3346082 at Adjacent 93 Burnley Road, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 8PZ (Rossendale Borough Council) was allowed on 25 October 2024 by Inspector Baird G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development.
permission in principle for between 1 and 8 dwellings
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Baird G
- Postcode
- OL13 8PZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development
What decided it
The significant benefit of delivering up to 8 dwellings in the context of the Council's inability to demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply outweighed the moderate adverse effect on landscape character.
the significant benefit of housing delivery outweighed the moderate adverse effect on landscape character
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD2Policy ENV1Policy ENV3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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