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Burnett Manor, Watery Lane, Burnett, Keynsham, Somerset, BS31 2TF
Planning appeal 3302121 at Burnett Manor, Watery Lane, Burnett, Keynsham, Somerset, BS31 2TF (Bath and North East Somerset Council) was allowed on 22 February 2023 by Inspector Tucker A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
Installation of solar PV panels and ground source heat pump pipe work to eastern paddock to provide renewable energy source for manor house and connecting to plant room of listed building
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- utilities-energy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Tucker A
- Postcode
- BS31 2TF
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- The effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, including the setting of nearby grade II listed buildings, known as Manor House and Church of St Michael, and the unlisted Whitson Lodge
- Whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The valuable contribution to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and sustaining the significance of the heritage asset through renewable energy provision clearly outweighed the harm to the Green Belt, establishing very special circumstances.
The substantial benefits of reducing carbon emissions and sustaining the heritage asset's significance through renewable energy provision outweighed the harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and moderate adverse impact on spatial openness.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP8Policy SCR3Policy HE1Policy NE2Policy CP6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 149Paragraph 150Paragraph 193Paragraph 158Paragraph 111
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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