Breezelands, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7AZ

Planning appeal 3286219 at Breezelands, Walton Bay, Clevedon, BS21 7AZ (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 28 March 2022 by Inspector Tucker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.

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
Postcode: BS21 7AZ

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

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM12 of the North Somerset Sites and Policies Plan Part 1 2016Policy CS1 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017Policy CS13 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017Policy CS14 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017Policy CS33 of the North Somerset Council Core Strategy 2017Policy SA2 of the Sites and Policies Plan Part 2 Site Allocations Plan 2006-2026
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 138Paragraph 147Paragraph 149

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