®Planning appeal decision
Land to the West of Blaisdon Lane, Blaisdon Village, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0AH
Planning appeal 3291420 at Land to the West of Blaisdon Lane, Blaisdon Village, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0AH (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 9 June 2022 by Inspector Allen M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development can be considered by way of the Permission in Principle route.
Residential development - up to 2 dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Allen M
- Postcode
- GL17 0AH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development can be considered by way of the Permission in Principle route
- whether the location and amount of development would be acceptable
What decided it
The proposal constitutes habitats development likely to have a significant effect on a European site (the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat SAC) and therefore cannot be granted permission in principle under Article 5B(1) of The Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017.
Although the Council cannot demonstrate a five-year housing land supply and there would be some economic and social benefit through housing provision, the habitat harm and conflicts with development plan policies provide clear reasons for refusal, and the limited scale of benefit does not outweigh the identified harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CSP.4Policy CSP.1Policy AP1Policy AP4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 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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