Land Adjacent to 150 Ratten Lane, Ratten Lane, Hutton, PR4 5TH

Planning appeal 6003637 at Land Adjacent to 150 Ratten Lane, Ratten Lane, Hutton, PR4 5TH (South Ribble Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 May 2026 by Inspector Moulton E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, in particular whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and if it would be, whether the resulting harm and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it.

the construction of a single residential dwellinghouse

Authority: South Ribble Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Moulton E
Postcode: PR4 5TH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable for residential development, in particular whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, and if it would be, whether the resulting harm and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The appeal site lies outside the defined village settlement of Hutton with a clear and distinct sense of division from it, meaning the proposal cannot qualify as limited infilling in a village and therefore constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that cannot be justified by the minor benefits offered.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy G1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 142Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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