®Planning appeal decision
Land at Ash Lea Farm, Dawber's Lane, Chorley, PR7 6EN
the construction of up to nine dwellings
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- PR7 6EN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the 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 openness of the Green Belt; whether the proposal amounts to an efficient use of land; and if inappropriate, whether the 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 fails to meet the sustainability criterion in paragraph 155 of the Framework, and the modest housing benefits do not clearly outweigh the substantial Green Belt harm required to establish very special circumstances.
The modest benefits of housing delivery and economic activity were outweighed by the substantial harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development in an unsustainable location combined with inefficient use of land
Framework references: 11, 49, 110, 115, 130, 142, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy 1 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy 2012, Policy 5 of the Central Lancashire Core Strategy 2012, Policy BNE5 of the Chorley Local Plan 2015
Judgments cited: New Dawn Homes Ltd v SSCLG [2016] EWHC 3314 (Admin); Woodcock Holdings Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2015] EWHC 1173 (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.