®Planning appeal decision
LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF MANOR ROAD, ABBOTS LEIGH, ABBOTS POOL , BRISTOL, NORTH SOMERSET, BS8 3RR
The material change of use of the land from agriculture/horticulture to a mixed use of agriculture and recreational/leisure
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hocking P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the development is inappropriate development within the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework) and development plan policy
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- If the development is inappropriate, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The absence of very special circumstances sufficient to clearly outweigh the substantial harm from inappropriate development and further harm to openness and countryside within the Green Belt.
the substantial weight attached to Green Belt harm from inappropriateness, together with moderate weight to landscape character harm, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations (afforded only limited weight), so very special circumstances did not exist and the appeal failed
Framework references: 133, 134, 146
Plan policies cited: Policy DM12, Policy DM10
Judgments cited: Hibbitt v SSCLG [2016] EWHC 2853
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.