®Planning appeal decision
Land At Elm Farm, Bristol Road, Iron Acton, South Gloucestershire , BS37 9TF
installation of a solar farm and battery storage facility with associated infrastructure
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Thompson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt and purposes of including land within it
- whether the proposal would preserve the setting of a Grade I listed building (Acton Court), Grade II listed buildings (Walls to the South Court and Acton Lodge), a scheduled monument (Moated site and associated features), the Iron Acton Conservation Area, and a Non-Designated Heritage Asset (Level Crossing Cottage)
- whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations and whether this amounts to very special circumstances
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade I listed building (Acton Court) and scheduled monument, to which great and greatest weight must be given under Framework paragraph 199, was not outweighed by the public benefits of renewable energy generation and climate change mitigation.
Framework references: 11, 148, 151, 197, 199, 200, 202
Plan policies cited: CS Policy CS3, CS Policy CS5, CS Policy CS9, CS Policy CS34, PSPP Policy PSP7, PSPP Policy PSP17, PSPP Policy PSP28
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.