425 Gisburn Road, Blacko, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 6LS

Erection of 9 detached and semi-detached dwellings with integral, attached and detached garages

Authority: Pendle Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Savage K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would represent a suitable location for development, having regard to relevant development plan policy for the provision of housing
the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The conflict with the spatial strategy of the recently adopted, up-to-date Local Plan, which directs housing to defined settlement boundaries and is no longer justified by a housing supply shortfall, outweighs the limited benefits of the proposal.

the limited benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits and biodiversity net gain did not outweigh the very significant weight afforded to the conflict with the spatial strategy of the up-to-date development plan

Framework references: 11, 72, 73, 82, 83, 84

Plan policies cited: Policy SP02, Policy SP04, Policy DM09, Policy DM23, Policy DM27, Policy DM10, Policy DM16, Policy SP14

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