®Planning appeal decision
Wansdyke Business Centre, Oldfield Lane, Oldfield Park, Bath, BA2 3LY
the demolition of the existing buildings and structures, and redevelopment to provide a 68-bed Care Home (Class C2) with associated access, parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Connor H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the loss of the industrial use of the site would be inappropriate having regard to local planning policies
What decided it
The balance of evidence indicates the appeal site would not be refurbished or redeveloped for industrial purposes, and the proposed care home would generate 68 jobs and provide specialist accommodation addressing identified need, whereas dismissal would likely leave the site vacant and making negligible economic contribution.
The significant economic and social benefits of the care home (68 jobs, specialist accommodation, brownfield development) outweighed the loss of industrial use, as the site is not viable for industrial redevelopment and would otherwise remain vacant
Plan policies cited: Policy B1 Bath and North East Somerset Core Strategy July 2014, Policy ED2A Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan July 2017, Policy ED2B Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan July 2017
Judgments cited: People over Wind and Sweetman v Coillte Teoranta ECLI:EU:C:2018:244
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