E · Descriptive only
settlement hierarchy (Urban Town)
“all of which are at the top of the Wyre Local Plan settlement hierarchy”
A 20.7 ha sand and gravel quarry near Preesall (Wyre), refused by Lancashire County Council and appealed to an 8-day inquiry. The inspector accepted a "critical" county landbank shortfall and found noise, dust and air quality acceptable with conditions. But the required access visibility splay depended on a hedge owned by an objector, and the narrow B-road could not take two-way HGV traffic safely. That was an unacceptable highway-safety impact, and TR6(4) says such proposals "should be refused". Appeal dismissed.
Quarry appeal; hierarchy described to locate the market towns; no bearing on decision. In the register this counts as a descriptive mention that played no part in the reasoning.
Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6002168.txt