®Planning appeal decision
10 Briars Green, Skelmersdale, Lancashire, WN8 6SG
change of use of dwelling (C3) to residential care home (C2)
- Authority
- West Lancashire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jones H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed care home would be an appropriate development at the site having regard to need and the children's care home context within Lancashire
- The effects of the proposed development upon the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to the levels of noise, disturbance and activity which would arise from it
- Whether parking provision would be acceptable and the effects of the development upon highway safety
What decided it
The proposal would make a further contribution to and compound detrimental effects related to children's care home provision within Lancashire by adding to an already excessive supply of homes not serving Lancashire children, conflicting with NPPF requirements that residential development come forward where needed and that the needs of groups with specific housing requirements are addressed.
The significant objections arising from the proposal's contribution to excessive and inappropriate children's care home provision within Lancashire outweighed the absence of harm in relation to neighbouring living conditions, highway safety and parking, and the accordance with the development plan.
Framework references: 61, 63, 135
Plan policies cited: Policy GN3, Policy IF2
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