®Planning appeal decision
Land at Silverthorne Lane, Silverthorne Lane, Bristol, BS2 0QD
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- other · Called In Planning Application
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major offices/R&D/light industry
- Inspector
- Hill Z
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with government policies for meeting the challenge of climate change, flooding and coastal change in the National Planning Policy Framework (Chapter 14)
- The extent to which the proposed development is consistent with the development plan for the area
- Any other matters the Inspector considers relevant
What decided it
The significant public benefits of the scheme (including housing delivery, a new secondary school, employment and heritage restoration) were found to outbalance the less than substantial heritage harm and the limited non-compliance with flood risk exception test requirements for the sports hall.
The public benefits of the scheme were collectively sufficient to outbalance the identified less than substantial harm to the significance of the heritage assets, and the adverse impacts of granting permission would not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, so the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied.
Framework references: 11, 48, 56, 57, 159, 164, 202
Plan policies cited: BCS2, BCS5, BCS8, BCS9, BCS10, BCS11, BCS12, BCS13, BCS14, BCS15, BCS16, BCS17, BCS18, BCS20, BCS21, BCS22, DM4, DM15, DM19, DM23, DM26, DM27, DM28, DM29, DM31, DM32, DM33, DM34, DM35, BCAP1, BCAP3, BCAP4, BCAP5, BCAP11, BCAP15, BCAP20, BCAP21, BCAP22, BCAP29, BCAP32, BCAP35, DS2
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.