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Allowed25 April 20253360264

Bates Green Cottage, Dickets Lane, Lathom, WN8 8UH

Planning appeal 3360264 at Bates Green Cottage, Dickets Lane, Lathom, WN8 8UH (West Lancashire District Council) was allowed on 25 April 2025 by Inspector Felgate J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would represent 'inappropriate development' in terms of Green Belt policy.

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Authority
West Lancashire District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Felgate J
Postcode
WN8 8UH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would represent 'inappropriate development' in terms of Green Belt policy

What decided it

The appeal site qualifies as grey belt land under NPPF paragraph 155, all the criteria for appropriate development are met, and the demonstrable shortfall in housing land supply outweighs any conflict with out-of-date local plan policies.

The conflict with local plan policies SP1 and RS1 is clearly outweighed by the need to boost the supply of housing in the context of a 2.49-year housing land supply shortfall.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GN1Policy SP1Policy RS1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 155Paragraph 156Paragraph 110Paragraph 115

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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