®Planning appeal decision
Land north of Wood Lane, Heskin, PR7 5NU
the erection of up to 5no. dwellings
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- PR7 5NU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is suitable for residential development, having reference to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with regard to: whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt; the effect on the openness of the Green Belt; the effect on character and appearance with particular regard to density; and if inappropriate, whether harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause substantial harm to openness, and the modest housing benefits do not clearly outweigh this harm to amount to very special circumstances.
The modest benefits of housing delivery and economic activity were outweighed by the substantial harm to the Green Belt through inappropriateness and loss of openness, combined with harm to character and appearance through inefficient density and poor relationship to the established pattern of development.
Framework references: 11, 49, 110, 115, 130, 142, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy 2012, Policy 5 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy 2012, Policy BNE1 of the Chorley Local Plan 2015, Policy BNE5 of the Chorley Local Plan 2015, Policy HS6 of the Central Lancashire Local Plan 2023-2041
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.