®Planning appeal decision
Manor Farm, Southam Lane, Southam, Gloucestershire, GL52 3PB
Planning appeal 3292230 at Manor Farm, Southam Lane, Southam, Gloucestershire, GL52 3PB (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 July 2022 by Inspector Davies H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on the openness and purpose of the Green Belt.
farm diversification involving the storage of caravans and motorhomes
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Change of use
- Inspector
- Davies H
- Postcode
- GL52 3PB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the development plan and the National Planning Policy Framework, including the effect on the openness and purpose of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the Special Landscape Area
- If the proposal is found to be inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The collective mass of caravans, motorhomes and containers would inevitably lead to a harmful loss of openness both visually and spatially, and would fail to safeguard the countryside from encroachment, which is a purpose of the Green Belt, and these harms were not clearly outweighed by the economic benefits to the agricultural business.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD5Policy SD6Policy LND3Policy LAN1Policy GRB4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150
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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