®Planning appeal decision
Breezelands, Walton Bay, CLEVEDON, BS21 7AZ
permission in principle for the erection of a single dwelling
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Tucker A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, land use and amount of development, with particular regard to: (a) 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; (b) the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt; (c) whether the site would be suitably located for the development proposed, having regard to local and national planning policies and its proximity to local services and facilities; and (d) whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, and if so, whether these would amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, and the site is unsustainably located outside the settlement boundary with future occupiers dependent on private cars.
The modest benefits of housing delivery and economic benefits were outweighed by the substantial harm to the Green Belt from inappropriate development and the conflict with the Council's settlement strategy requiring strict control of countryside development
Framework references: 11, 138, 147, 149
Plan policies cited: Policy DM12 of the North Somerset Sites and Policies Plan Part 1 2016, Policy CS1 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017, Policy CS13 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017, Policy CS14 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017, Policy CS33 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017, Policy SA2 of the Sites and Policies Plan Part 2 Site Allocations Plan 2006-2026
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.