A new plan for business units on a Longridge farm site in the Ribble Valley has been described as over-development, not needed, visually unattractive and being 'fanciful' in claiming similarities with a previous but different proposal.
Mr Holmes' address is given as the same location in his application to Ribble Valley Council. He is working with agent Michael Sproston of Preston-based PWA Planning. The site is earmarked for employment and described in a borough council report as being associated with the former farm. The parish council adds: "The planning statement claim that the current application is ‘broadly the same as the approved scheme’ is fanciful. The previous application accommodated 40 units, of varying sizes, over an area of 5,265 sq metre. The current proposal will provide 40 units over little more than half that size, 2,788 sq metres, greatly increasing the density.
The parish council also says that because the site’s location is in the countryside, within Hothersall rather than Longridge itself, development are required to be essential to the local economy. The parish acknowledges the land is zoned for employment but can find no evidence that a business needs survey has been done by the applicant.
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