{"id":38581,"date":"2023-12-19T17:18:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T17:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38581"},"modified":"2023-12-19T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T17:18:08","slug":"penwortham-gove-backs-new-homes-plan-twice-rejected-by-south-ribble-borough-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38581","title":{"rendered":"Penwortham: Gove backs new homes plan twice-rejected by South Ribble Borough Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-30955\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/drawing_Open_Gov_licence_v3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>Plans to build 1,100 homes on farmland which were twice-rejected by a council have been approved by Michael Gove.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>BBC News writes:<\/p>\n<p>The proposals for a plot in Penwortham had been subject to a public inquiry after South Ribble Borough Council turned them down on two occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Housing Minister Felicity Buchan said the secretary of state had now approved them due to the site being part of the authority&#8217;s own local plan\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Joint applicants builder Taylor Wimpey and government housing agency Homes England appealed the decision and a public inquiry was launched in 2022\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Independent inspector Patrick Hanna found that there were \u201cextensive public benefits\u201d for the area&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-lancashire-67499789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to build 1,100 homes on farmland which were twice-rejected by a council have been approved by Michael Gove. image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38581"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38582,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38581\/revisions\/38582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}