Sores Court Hillside Road, Backwell, BRISTOL, BS48 3BL

for the demolition of a derelict timber outbuilding and erection of a replacement double garage with associated change of use of land from agricultural to residential (C3 use)

Authority: North Somerset Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Rennie S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed outbuilding and associated/other development would constitute 'inappropriate development' in the Green Belt
The effect of the development on the openness within the Green Belt
The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
Whether there are other considerations which clearly outweigh the harm caused by being inappropriate development so as to amount to very special circumstances

What decided it

The replacement garage is materially larger than the building it replaced, making it inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify approval.

Framework references: 147, 148, 149

Plan policies cited: Policy DM12, Policy CS6, Policy CS12, Policy DM10, Policy SA2

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