®Planning appeal decision
Homebase Site, Pines Way, Bath, BA2 3ET
a new care community (Use Class C2) comprising care residences and care suites and ancillary communal, care and well-being facilities, offices in Use Class E(g)(i) together with associated back of house and service areas, pedestrian and vehicular access, car and cycle parking, landscaping, private amenity space and public open space
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Catchpole R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, having particular regard to the City of Bath World Heritage Site (WHS) and special regard to the settings of the Bath Conservation Area (BCA) and other designated heritage assets
- the effect on the living conditions of occupants of residential dwellings on Albert Crescent, Western Terrace and The Mews with regard to privacy and outlook
What decided it
The substantial cumulative public benefits of the scheme (housing and extra care delivery, health/economic benefits, brownfield regeneration and sustainable location) were found to clearly and substantially outweigh the less than substantial harm to the significance of the World Heritage Site.
The substantial public benefits of the scheme (housing land supply contribution, extra care provision, health and economic benefits, brownfield regeneration, sustainable location and enhancement of the BCA setting) demonstrably outweighed the less than substantial harm to the WHS and other identified harms, justifying a decision otherwise than in accordance with the development plan.
Framework references: 56, 57, 81, 120, 125, 199, 200, 202, 206, 207
Plan policies cited: SB7(B), SB7, D1, D2, D3, D5, HE1, B4, CP6, D6, H1
Judgments cited: Case C323/17 – People Over Wind and Sweetman 2018
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.