South Ribble Borough Council’s planning committee rejected the scheme last November
The government will get the final say over whether hugely controversial plans for 1,100 new homes in South Ribble are given the green light.
However, instead of issuing a firm decision about whether the appeal should be upheld or dismissed, the inspector will now merely make a recommendation about what should happen next. Graham Eastham, one of the founding members of the Keep Bee Lane Rural group, said that “suspicion of the process is rife amongst the local community”.
Meanwhile, South RIbble Borough Council leader Paul Foster said that he was “really, genuinely shocked and extremely concerned at the decision of the Secretary of State to intervene at this late stage”. A revised blueprint was submitted in support of fresh proposals in November 2021, but this, too, was rejected – including for the reason that local policy demands that the masterplan document is agreed and approved in advance, before any specific planning permission is granted.
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