®Planning appeal decision
Land at Newgate Lane, Newgate, Whitestake, Lancashire , PR4 4JU
permission in principle for the erection of up to 3 dwellings. This
- Authority
- South Ribble Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cowley R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the proposed residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular regard to whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, the effect on the openness of the Green Belt, and whether any harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations amounting to very special circumstances
What decided it
The Council's ability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply means there is no demonstrable unmet need for the development, and therefore the proposal cannot benefit from the grey belt exception in Paragraph 155 of the Framework, combined with the substantial harm to Green Belt openness and purposes.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt, to which substantial weight must be given, was not clearly outweighed by the modest benefits of housing supply, economic activity during construction, and community vitality
Framework references: 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy G1
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.