®Planning appeal decision
Land North East Of Bay Court, Links Gate, Thornton, FY5 5JX
Planning appeal 3348585 at Land North East Of Bay Court, Links Gate, Thornton, FY5 5JX (Wyre Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 January 2025 by Inspector Hughes L, 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 proposed, with particular reference to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Permission in principle for the erection of one detached dwelling
- Authority
- Wyre Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- FY5 5JX
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 proposed, with particular reference to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on the openness of the Green Belt, having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- 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 appeal site is not located within a village as required by the Framework exception for limited infilling, and the proposal would cause harm to Green Belt openness that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SP1SP3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 154Paragraph 155Paragraph 154eParagraph 154g
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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