Clearwell Farm , The Rocks , Clearwell , Gloucestershire , GL16 8JR

Planning appeal 3274345 at Clearwell Farm , The Rocks , Clearwell , Gloucestershire , GL16 8JR (Forest of Dean District Council) was allowed on 12 October 2021 by Inspector Thomas G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the development on the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

Erection of a poultry building (retrospective)

Authority: Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Major general industry/storage/warehousing
Inspector: Thomas G
Postcode: GL16 8JR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effects of the development on the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

What decided it

The acceptance of a genuine fallback position secured by Unilateral Undertaking, which ensured no net increase in poultry numbers and therefore no additional traffic movements over the SAC's cave system, eliminated the adverse effects on the protected site that had led to dismissal of the previous appeal.

The development, when considered with the fallback position and the Unilateral Undertaking limiting poultry numbers to 16,162 birds, would have a neutral effect on the SAC and would comply with development plan policies protecting conservation sites, outweighing the previous concerns about adverse effects on the Favourable Conservation Status of bat species.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CSP.1Policy CSP.2Policy AP.1Policy AP.7

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