®Planning appeal decision
Land Off Dawbers Lane, Euxton, Chorley, PR7 6EG
Planning Permission in Principle (PIP) for the erection of up to 9 no. dwellings
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning
- Procedure
- Written
- Development
- residential
- Postcode
- PR7 6EG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development with regard to: whether the proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework; the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; 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 proposal would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt in an unsustainable location, and the very special circumstances required to clearly outweigh the harm caused by inappropriateness do not exist.
The housing benefit from nine dwellings and the Council's five-year housing land supply shortfall do not clearly outweigh the substantial harm caused by inappropriate development in the Green Belt and harm to openness, particularly given the unsustainable location requiring reliance on private cars.
Framework references: 11, 110, 115, 129, 143, 154, 155, 156
Plan policies cited: Policy 1
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Gravesham Borough Council [2015]
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