Plans to build up to nine homes at Spout Farm in Longridge will help alleviate some of the ‘district’s housing shortfall’, the applicant behind the scheme has claimed.
Sitting off Preston Road on the edge of Longridge on the way to Grimsargh, the Spout Farm site was once home to a popular cafe – The Potting Shed – and plant nursery. However, these have been shut for a number of years.
Now, in plans submitted by PWA Planning on behalf of Denis Lambert, PIP is sought to develop the site with up to nine properties. Much of the land around Spout Farm has been extensively developed in recent years as Longridge’s residential estates have continued to expand.
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The planning statement submitted to Ribble Valley Council says: “The application site comprises the Spout Farm complex, fronting Preston Road (B6243) on the southern edge of Longridge.
“The site accommodates a complex mix of historical and existinguses. This includes the existing residential farmhouse, a former cafe premises (The Potting Shed), a former commercial plant nursery and an extensive operational yard to the east that was historically utilised for the running of the applicant’s commercial forestry business, which included the storage of heavy vehicles.”
It adds: “The principle of residential development on this site is unequivocally sound. The proposal delivers vital, highly sustainable housing on a brownfield-character parcel in a district suffering from a critical, legally acknowledged housing shortfall.
“There are no adverse impacts that come close to significantly and demonstrably outweighing these overwhelming benefits. We therefore respectfully state that Ribble Valley Borough Council is compelled by national policy to grant Stage 1 PiP without delay.”
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