Barn Hey Farm, Flookburgh Road, Allithwaite, LA11 7RJ

Authority: Westmorland and Furness Council
Appeal type: major · Planning
Procedure: Written
Development: residential
Postcode: LA11 7RJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether condition 3 of the outline planning permission should be varied to correct the plan title from 'Proposed Site Layout' to 'Outline App Access'
Whether the affordable housing obligations contained within the section 106 planning obligation should be discharged on the basis of a Financial Viability Assessment

What decided it

The proposed amendment to condition 3 corrects an obvious error in the plan title, and the Financial Viability Assessment demonstrates that requiring affordable housing would render the scheme unviable and prevent the development coming forward.

The meaningful contribution to housing delivery and the Government's policy objective of significantly boosting housing supply outweighed the absence of affordable housing, which was justified by viability evidence.

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