®Planning appeal decision
Land off Prowe's Lane, Axbridge, Sedgemoor, Somerset, BS26 2HP
Planning appeal 3263845 at Land off Prowe's Lane, Axbridge, Sedgemoor, Somerset, BS26 2HP (Sedgemoor District Council *) was allowed on 18 June 2021 by Inspector Davies N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would be consistent with development plan policies that seek to limit carbon emissions, and with the Council's declaration of a Climate Emergency.
a gas-powered energy generation facility and associated infrastructure. This
- Authority
- Sedgemoor District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Minor general industry/storage/warehousing
- Inspector
- Davies N
- Postcode
- BS26 2HP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would be consistent with development plan policies that seek to limit carbon emissions, and with the Council's declaration of a Climate Emergency
- The effect of the development on the landscape quality of the setting of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
What decided it
The facility's role in supporting renewable energy generation by providing essential back-up dispatchable capacity during stress events, thereby contributing to a national transition to low carbon energy, outweighed the local concern about fossil fuel use and aligned the proposal with national energy policy and local climate change objectives.
The benefits of supporting renewable energy generation and national decarbonisation through provision of essential back-up capacity outweighed the local concern about fossil fuel combustion, and the minimal landscape impact was outweighed by the energy infrastructure benefits
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategic Priority 1Policy S5Policy D4Policy D2Policy D19
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8cParagraph 148
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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