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Allowed1 October 20253368139

Land South of Accrington Road, Whalley, BB7 9TD

Planning appeal 3368139 at Land South of Accrington Road, Whalley, BB7 9TD (Ribble Valley Borough Council) was allowed on 1 October 2025 by Inspector Burnham T, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would address local housing need or contribute towards a balanced or inclusive community with reference to affordable housing having regard to the viability of the proposal.

erection of 17 dwellings and 57 apartments with associated access, roads, car parking, landscaping and infrastructure, including a public car park to serve Whalley town centre

Authority
Ribble Valley Borough Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Major dwellings
Inspector
Burnham T

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposal would address local housing need or contribute towards a balanced or inclusive community with reference to affordable housing having regard to the viability of the proposal
  • the effect of the proposal on the safe operation of the immediate highway network

What decided it

The proposal was found to accord with the development plan as a whole, reinforced by the significant weight given to the extant fallback permission for a similar development that could be built without further permission.

Limited weight given to conflict with affordable housing policies KS H3 and KS DMI1 and to the lack of a flood risk sequential test was outweighed by the significant weight afforded to the fallback position, resulting in overall accordance with the development plan and approval of the scheme.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
KS H3KS DMI1KS DMI2DMG3Policy DME6Policy EN5KS DS1
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 58Paragraph 11

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