®Planning appeal decision
2-3 May Cottages Back Lane, Newburgh, WIGAN, WN8 7UQ
the change of use of the existing garage and workshop to a single dwelling house
- Authority
- West Lancashire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Lancaster K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be in a suitable location for housing with regard to the Council's spatial strategy and its access to services and facilities
What decided it
The site's unsustainable location outside the settlement boundary, lacking access to services, facilities, public transport and pedestrian infrastructure, means it cannot support residential development even under the tilted balance, as the harm from locating housing in such an unsustainable location significantly and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of housing supply.
The significant undersupply of housing (1.86 years) was afforded considerable weight, but the harm from locating an additional dwelling in an unsustainable location outside the settlement boundary, lacking services, facilities, public transport and pedestrian infrastructure, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits when assessed against the Framework taken as a whole, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 83, 84, 110, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy SP1, Policy GN1, Policy RS1
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.