®Planning appeal decision
Elm View, Middle Street, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, TA9 4BT
Planning appeal 3296237 at Elm View, Middle Street, Brent Knoll, Highbridge, TA9 4BT (Sedgemoor District Council *) was dismissed on 24 November 2022 by Inspector Evans J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal upon users of Middle Street, having particular regard to safety.
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
- Postcode
- TA9 4BT
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D13Policy D14Policy D20Policy D1Policy D17Policy S2Policy CO1
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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