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Dismissed10 June 20223286674

Land Adjacent to The Grange, Smallway, Congresbury, BS49 5AA

Planning appeal 3286674 at Land Adjacent to The Grange, Smallway, Congresbury, BS49 5AA (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 10 June 2022 by Inspector Page L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is in an appropriate location for housing.

erection of 3 no. open market linked dwelling houses and 1 no. self-build detached dwelling house

Authority
North Somerset Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Page L
Postcode
BS49 5AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is in an appropriate location for housing
  • the effects of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effects of the proposal on highway safety

What decided it

The proposal fails to achieve the required 120m visibility splay under the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges and cannot deliver this on land outside the appellant's control, creating unacceptable highway safety impacts that, combined with harm to the countryside and strategic gap, significantly and demonstrably outweigh the limited housing benefits.

The limited benefits of delivering four dwellings and associated socio-economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the cumulative harm from eroding the countryside, harming the strategic gap and landscape setting, and creating unacceptable highway safety impacts, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development was not engaged.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS14Policy CS33Policy CS19Policy SA7Policy DM24Policy H1 of the Congresbury Neighbourhood Plan 2019
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 111
Judgments
Wainhomes (South West) Holdings Ltd v SSCLG [2013] EWHC 597 (Admin)

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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