®Planning appeal decision
Mytax Farm, 4 Bourbles Lane, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 0PE
Planning appeal 6002168 at Mytax Farm, 4 Bourbles Lane, Poulton-Le-Fylde, FY6 0PE (Lancashire County Council) was dismissed on 26 August 2026 by Inspector Stephen Normington, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The need for the proposed development with particular regard to the landbank position for sand and gravel and the need for inert waste disposal in the County.
Extraction and processing of sand and gravel including construction of new site access roads, landscaping and screening bunds, minerals washing plant and other associated infrastructure with restoration to mixed grassland, arable/pasture farmland and biodiversity enhancement, using imported inert fill
- Authority
- Lancashire County Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- minerals-waste
- Inspector
- Stephen Normington
- Postcode
- FY6 0PE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The need for the proposed development with particular regard to the landbank position for sand and gravel and the need for inert waste disposal in the County
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety and the free flow of traffic
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of nearby residential dwellings with particular regard to dust, air quality and noise
What decided it
The inability to achieve the necessary visibility splays and the resulting unacceptable highway safety risk on the local highway network outweighed the benefits of the proposal.
The significant weight given to the need for sand and gravel and inert waste supply was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the unacceptable highway safety risk, so the appeal was dismissed.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS3 (Core Strategy)Policy CS4 (Core Strategy)Policy CS8 (Core Strategy)Policy M1 (Local Plan Part 1)Policy DM2 (Local Plan Part 1)Policy WM1 (Local Plan Part 1)Policy CDMP1 (Wyre Local Plan)Policy CDMP4 (Wyre Local Plan)Policy CDMP6 (Wyre Local Plan)Policy SP1 (Wyre Local Plan)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Policy TR6Policy P3Paragraph 58
- Judgments
- Hale v Norfolk CC CA (2001) Ch
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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