A Ribble Valley councillor's application to keep his timber-clad house has been recommended for refusal by planning officers due to concerns over its impact on the neighbourhood and traffic safety.
A Ribble Valley councillor could have to knock down his own home - after planning chiefs on the same council recommended refusing him permission for the structure. John Atherton is seeking retrospective planning permission to keep the Scandinavian-style detached timber-clad house - built on land without approval. But critics say it harms the character of a village neighbourhood and threatens traffic access and safety.
Coun Atherton, an Independent, has applied to Ribble Valley Council to keep the property and hard standing area on land at 4A Wiswell Lane in Whalley. But planning officers are recommending councillors to refuse the application. They say it harms the area's character, creates 'discordant development' and intensifies vehicle use of an unsafe access. The application will be considered by the borough's planning committee this week. The Wiswell Lane site has two existing homes on the west, called 4 Wiswell Lane. Other neighbours' gardens are on the north and west boundaries. Elsewhere on the south-east side, a new property is being built, called 4B Wiswell Lane. Overall, the access is serving five homes, according to planning reports. Other homes are numbers 6 and 8. The timber-clad building was originally envisaged as being temporary to help meet Mr Atherton's family needs, while an extension was built to the main property, according to a statement by planning agent Edward James, of PWA Planning in Preston. But later, Mr Atherton decided to use the timber structure as his own home with other family members in the main house. Building work began in March 2020 and was completed by June that year. The site includes parking spaces for two cars and household waste is collected from the Wiswell Lane entrance, a shared access point. Separately, Mr Atherton sold some land on the south-east side, where a separate house is currently being buil
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