Land at Steart Bushes, Wedmore Road, CHEDDAR, Somerset, BS27 3ED

the erection of 19 dwelling houses

Authority: Sedgemoor District Council *
Appeal type: major · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Major dwellings
Inspector: Sims B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether, in terms of its financial viability, the proposed development should be required to provide 30% of the 19 dwellings as affordable homes
the likely effects of the development on the ecology of the site

What decided it

The Inspector's conclusion that the scheme was not financially viable to deliver the 30% affordable housing required by Policy D6, and that it would have no likely significant effect on protected species, meant it accorded with the development plan and could be allowed.

Plan policies cited: Policy D6, Policy D2, Policy D1, Policy D14, Policy D15, Policy D20, Policy D23, Policy D24, Policy D25, Policy D 26, Policy BE1, Policies BE2-3, Policy BE4

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