®Planning appeal decision
Former Camelot Theme Park, Park Hall Road, Charnock Richard, PR7 5LP
the demolition of existing structures and outline planning application (with all matters reserved, including access to Parcel B, save for the principal means of access) for a residential development of up to 350 homes (Use Class C3) and a 186.9 sqm (2,012 sqft) community hub (Use Classes C3, E and F), with associated habitat creation, landscaping, open space, parking, footpaths/cycleways, drainage and other infrastructure
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- McGlone A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework)
- whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing, playing pitches, amenity green space, children and young people, off-site highway and PRoW works, public and community transport, cycle parking, off-site traffic monitoring, travel vouchers, travel plan, BNG Monitoring and a Monitoring Fee
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The finding that the appeal site constituted grey belt land meeting all the criteria in Framework paragraph 155 (including the Golden Rules), meaning the development was not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.
As the proposal was found not to be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, no Green Belt harm arose requiring very special circumstances; the substantial benefit of 50% affordable housing together with other mitigating obligations meant the proposal accorded with the development plan and should be approved without delay.
Framework references: 154, 155, 156, 157, 143, 110, 115, 109, 105, 117, 118, 58, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 135
Plan policies cited: CS Policy 1, CS Policy 2, CS Policy 3, CS Policy 4, CS Policy 5, CS Policy 7, CS Policy 18, CS Policy 21, CS Policy 22, CS Policy 24, CS Policy 27, CS Policy MP, Local Plan Policy BNE5, Local Plan Policy BNE1, Local Plan Policy ST1, Local Plan Policy BNE 9, Local Plan Policy BNE 10, Local Plan Policy BNE 11, Local Plan Policy HS4A, Local Plan Policy HS4B, Local Plan Policy V1: Model Policy, Policy CS1 of the Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Development Framework Core Strategy DPD - Parts One and Two, Policy M2 of the Joint Lancashire Minerals and Waste Local Plan Site Allocation and Development Management Policies - Parts One and Two
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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.