®Planning appeal decision
Knights Well Shellards Lane, Alveston, BRISTOL, BS35 3SY
single-storey front and side extension and conversion of garage into habitable accommodation
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Willis S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- If the development is inappropriate, would the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so, would this amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development
What decided it
The 47% cumulative volume increase from the original building constitutes disproportionate additions under Policy PSP7 and the Framework, and the resulting harm to Green Belt openness and inappropriateness of development cannot be clearly outweighed by the moderate benefit of additional family space.
The substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and the small loss of openness were not clearly outweighed by the moderate benefit of additional space for the family, resulting in the very special circumstances not being established.
Plan policies cited: Policy PSP7
Judgments cited: Sevenoaks District Council v SSE and Dawe [1997]
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