Oaklea, Sleep Lane, Whitchurch, BRISTOL, BS14 0QN

Outline Application for the demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the land adjacent to Oaklea to provide 3no single storey dwellings with associated soft/hard landscaping, access improvements, parking and drainage with all matters except for access reserved

Authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Smith A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, whilst considering any implications of the site being positioned outside of Whitchurch's Housing Development Boundary
The effect upon the openness of the Green Belt
The effect upon highway safety, having particular regard to visibility at the site's access point

What decided it

The site qualifies as limited infilling in a village under NPPF exceptions to inappropriate Green Belt development, notwithstanding its position outside the Housing Development Boundary.

Plan policies cited: Policy GB2, Policy RA1, Policy CP8, Policy D3, Policy ST1, Policy ST7, Policy WV4.3

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What an account adds

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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