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Allowed31 January 20223264641

Land at Silverthorne Lane, Silverthorne Lane, Bristol, BS2 0QD

Planning appeal 3264641 at Land at Silverthorne Lane, Silverthorne Lane, Bristol, BS2 0QD (Bristol City Council) was allowed on 31 January 2022 by Inspector Hill Z, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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 phased development of site wide remediation including demolition, outline planning permission (Plot 1) for offices, R&D, non-residential institution and cafe floorspace, erection of buildings (full details) for up to 367/371 dwelling houses, offices and restaurants/cafes (Plots 2 & 3), redevelopment of the Erecting Sheds to provide offices (Plot 4), erection of buildings and redevelopment of the Boiler Shop to provide a 1,600 pupil secondary school (Plot 5), erection of buildings to provide up to 841/693 student units (Plot 6), associated works and infrastructure, together with associated listed building consent works

Authority
Bristol City Council
Appeal type
other · Called In Planning Application
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Major offices/R&D/light industry
Inspector
Hill Z
Postcode
BS2 0QD

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.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
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National Planning Policy Framework
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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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