®Planning appeal decision
Elm View, Middle Street, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, TA9 4BT
the “Change of use of two fields to the north of Middle Street to provide 12 glamping pitches, solar table of 80-100 panels, relocate an earth bund, creation of car parking area and compacted nature/sculpture trail, bird watching hide, wild flower meadow, Black Poplar plantation, planting of natural hedgerows and some native trees. Planting of some rare type apple trees
- Authority
- Sedgemoor District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Evans J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal upon users of Middle Street, having particular regard to safety
- The effect of the proposal upon protected species within the area
- Whether the proposal would comply with national planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding, and to ensure that the development is flood resilient and will not increase flood risk overall
What decided it
The proposal fails on three independent grounds: unacceptable highway safety impacts on a constrained rural lane, failure to assess impacts on protected species, and non-compliance with flood risk sequential test and absence of emergency planning for a vulnerable use in a high-risk flood zone.
Plan policies cited: Policy D13, Policy D14, Policy D20, Policy D1, Policy D17, Policy S2, Policy CO1
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.