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Police Dog and Horse Training Centre, Clanage Road, Ashton, Bristol, BS3 2JY
Planning appeal 3270776 at Police Dog and Horse Training Centre, Clanage Road, Ashton, Bristol, BS3 2JY (Bristol City Council) was dismissed on 10 November 2021 by Inspector Downes T, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Flood risk.
the change of use of the former Avon & Somerset Police Dog and Horse Training Centre to a touring caravan site consisting of 62 pitches and associated works including the demolition of existing buildings and erection of reception and amenity buildings and wardens’ accommodation
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- other · Called In Planning Application
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Downes T
- Postcode
- BS3 2JY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Flood risk
- Green Belt
- Effect on heritage assets
- Effect on trees and green infrastructure
- Effect on ecology and nature conservation
What decided it
The Secretary of State's conclusion that it had not been demonstrated the development would be safe for its lifetime, causing the flood risk Exception Test under NPPF paragraph 165 to fail.
The very substantial benefits of the scheme (economic, regeneration, biodiversity and heritage benefits) did not clearly outweigh the combined substantial harm from failure to satisfactorily manage flood risk and Green Belt harm from inappropriateness and loss of openness, even though the less-than-substantial heritage harm to Ashton Court Registered Park and Garden was itself outweighed by the public benefits under paragraph 202; overall the balance tipped against the proposal and permission was refused.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BCS16Policy BCS22Policy DM31Policy BCS6Policy BCS9Policy DM17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 56Paragraph 57Paragraph 148Paragraph 165Paragraph 202
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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