®Planning appeal decision
The Crown Inn, Clapton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4EB
Planning appeal 3286944 at The Crown Inn, Clapton, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, BA3 4EB (Mendip District Council *) was dismissed on 15 March 2022 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposals involve the unnecessary loss of a viable community facility.
the proposed conversion of Public House into 3no. residences and the erection of 2no. additional new build residences
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- BA3 4EB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposals involve the unnecessary loss of a viable community facility
- the effect of the proposed development on highway safety, with regard to whether a safe and suitable access to the site is achievable and the adequacy of parking provision
- whether surface and foul water from the development site would be adequately dealt with
What decided it
The unnecessary loss of a viable community facility (the only pub in the hamlet) due to inadequate evidence of marketing and viability, contrary to Policy DP17 and paragraph 93 of the NPPF, outweighed the modest housing benefits even in the context of a shortfall in five-year housing land supply.
The modest benefits of housing delivery and local economic support were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the adverse impact of the unnecessary loss of a valued community facility (the village pub), applying the tilted balance under paragraph 11 of the NPPF.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DP17Policy DP9Policy DP23
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 93Paragraph 111Paragraph 11
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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