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Dismissed9 October 20266008571

Cross House Farm, Moss Side Lane, Great Eccleston, PR3 0US

Planning appeal 6008571 at Cross House Farm, Moss Side Lane, Great Eccleston, PR3 0US (Wyre) was dismissed on 9 October 2026, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the principle of the proposal having regard to the development strategy for the area.

replacement of a historic agricultural unit with a B2 General Industrial unit and associated parking/loading area, change of use of part of an agricultural unit to B2 use and associated parking/storage area and the decommissioning, filling and creation of a hard -standing over a slurry pit, and change of use of the land to B8: General Storage use

Authority
Wyre
Appeal type
Planning
Procedure
Written
Development
employment-industrial
Postcode
PR3 0US

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the principle of the proposal having regard to the development strategy for the area
  • the effect of the proposal on highway safety
  • the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The significant adverse risk to highway safety posed by HGV movements on White House Lane, combined with conflict with the development strategy for the area, substantially outweighed the economic and biodiversity benefits of the proposal.

The economic and social benefits of the scheme and the potential for biodiversity net gain in excess of the statutory requirement were substantially outweighed by the conflict with the development strategy for the area and the significant adverse impact on highway safety, such that even if the development represented a form of development within Policy S5.1 of the Framework, Policy TR6 would require refusal and the benefits would be substantially outweighed by the adverse effects.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP1Policy SP2Policy SP4Policy EP8Policy CDMP6Policy CDMP3

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