®Planning appeal decision
Land on the East Side of Manor Road, Abbots Leigh, Abbots Pool , Bristol, North Somerset, BS8 3RR
Planning appeal 3253341 at Land on the East Side of Manor Road, Abbots Leigh, Abbots Pool , Bristol, North Somerset, BS8 3RR (North Somerset Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 4 August 2021 by Inspector Hocking P, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM12Policy DM10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 133Paragraph 134Paragraph 146
- Judgments
- Hibbitt v SSCLG [2016] EWHC 2853
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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