Planning appeal decision
Land at Greenway Woods, South Drive, Also Known As Land at Sandhill Park, Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, TA4 3BZ
Planning appeal 3278331 at Land at Greenway Woods, South Drive, Also Known As Land at Sandhill Park, Bishops Lydeard, Somerset, TA4 3BZ (Somerset West and Taunton *) was dismissed on 28 September 2022 by Inspector Graham J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that the development would have on the setting, and thereby the significance, of Sandhill Park, a grade II* listed building.
Installation of fences and gates on the Land in the positions shown delineated blue on the Plan”
- Authority
- Somerset West and Taunton *
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Graham J
- Postcode
- TA4 3BZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that the development would have on the setting, and thereby the significance, of Sandhill Park, a grade II* listed building
What decided it
The temporary fence adversely affected the character and pastoral setting of the grade II* listed building Sandhill Park, and the Inspector's statutory powers were limited to determining the temporary fence specified in the enforcement notice, not the appellant's proposed replacement.
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