®Planning appeal decision
Allowed6 May 20253356090
Land off Fieldfare Way, Bacup, Rossendale, OL13 9PP
erection of 71 no. dwellings with associated works including car parking, landscaping, open space and pumping station
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Burnham T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would have an unacceptable adverse impact on highway safety with particular regard to the access onto Fieldfare Way and any additional vehicle movements from the proposal within the wider highway network
- Whether any harm to biodiversity on the site arising from loss of habitat would be adequately offset
- Whether it has been adequately demonstrated that the provision of 30% of the development as affordable housing would render the proposal unviable
What decided it
The site is allocated in the Rossendale Local Plan for residential development of up to 71 dwellings, and the benefits of the scheme outweigh any adverse impacts.
The benefits of the scheme outweigh any adverse impacts, with the proposal according with the development plan
Framework references: 116
Plan policies cited: Policy H26, Policy ENV4, Policy HS3
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.