®Planning appeal decision
Clearwell Farm , The Rocks , Clearwell , Gloucestershire , GL16 8JR
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
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.
Plan policies cited: Policy CSP.1, Policy CSP.2, Policy AP.1, Policy AP.7
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.