®Planning appeal decision
Kings Field, Moor Road, Banwell, BS29 6ET
creation of 1no. traveller and gypsy caravan pitch together with the formation of hardstanding and the erection of a day room and stables
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Minor traveller and caravan pitches
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the Appellant is a ‘traveller’ as defined by the Planning Policy for Traveller Sites: Annex 1 (2015) (PPTS)
- whether the location of the site accords with local and national policies with regard to access to facilities and limiting the need to travel by private vehicle
- the need for pitches for Gypsies and Travellers in the area
- the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would be at risk of flooding and if so, whether it could be made safe over its lifetime
What decided it
The absence of a five year deliverable supply of traveller pitches, combined with the family's personal circumstances and the best interests of the children, outweighed the identified harms sufficiently to justify a three year temporary permission rather than dismissal.
The combined harm from unsustainable location, limited landscape harm and flood risk outweighed other considerations on a permanent basis, but the lack of a five year supply of deliverable traveller pitches and the family's personal circumstances outweighed the harms to justify a three year temporary permission instead.
Plan policies cited: Policy CS14, Policy CS33, Policy CS18, Policy CS5, Policy CS3, Policy DM10, Policy DM32
Judgments cited: Wheatcroft Ltd V SSE [1982]
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