®Planning appeal decision
Land at Ivy Cottage, Leigh On Mendip, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5QG
up to 40 dwellings with a playing field and car park for the school, and a new vehicular access
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Webb B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the area, and whether the development would preserve the setting of a Grade I listed building
What decided it
The harm to the significance and setting of the Grade I listed Church of St Giles, combined with significant harm to the character and appearance of the village, was not clearly and convincingly outweighed by the limited public benefits.
The limited-weight public benefits (housing delivery, affordable housing, school facilities, biodiversity gains, economic benefits) did not clearly and convincingly outweigh the less than substantial harm to the listed church's setting or the significant harm to character and appearance, so the balance weighed against the scheme.
Framework references: 199, 202, 95
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 1, Core Policy 2, Core Policy 4, Policy DP1, Policy DP3
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.