®Planning appeal decision
Commercial Buildings & Adjoining Land, Clarks Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5QA
Planning appeal 3292768 at Commercial Buildings & Adjoining Land, Clarks Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6 5QA (Sedgemoor District Council *) was dismissed on 11 July 2022 by Inspector Dawe A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.
demolition of the existing buildings/structures comprising a commercial/industrial, storage/warehouse facility with offices and toilet block (currently B1 & B8 Use Classes); construction of 4 No. semi-detached residential dwellings, each with designated side/rear amenity space; retention/formation of 4 No. car parking spaces with electric charging points (i.e. 1 No. car parking space and electric charging point per dwelling), 2 No. bicycle spaces per dwelling and dedicated waste storage facilities for each dwelling; and hard and soft landscaping provisions, including the erection of new boundary fences/treatments as and where required
- Authority
- Sedgemoor District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Dawe A
- Postcode
- TA6 5QA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents and whether or not the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for prospective future residents, in both cases with particular regard to outlook
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the surrounding area caused by the design and layout of the proposed dwellings, which would appear as an alien and discordant feature within the context of the existing streetscene, outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery and brownfield redevelopment.
The unacceptable harm to character and appearance significantly and demonstrably outweighed the benefits of contributing to housing supply, brownfield redevelopment, and good accessibility, resulting in dismissal of the appeal.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D2Policy D25
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 130
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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