Roscoe Farm Barn, Bispham, L40 3SH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and its effect on openness, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant development plan policies
• whether the location is acceptable for the proposed house with regard to relevant development plan policies and access to services and facilities
• whether any 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 unsustainable location of the site outside any settlement boundary, requiring car-dependent access to services and facilities contrary to NPPF paragraphs 83-84 and Local Plan policies, meant the identified harm significantly and demonstrably outweighed the housing benefit even under the tilted balance.

the identified harm from unsustainable location and failure to promote sustainable transport significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefit of providing one dwelling, when assessed against the policies in the Framework taken as a whole