®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining Bullo Pill Dock, Bullo Pill, Newnham, Gloucestershire, GL14 1ED
without planning permission, the material change of use of the land, to a mixed use of residential (static caravans) with associated residential paraphernalia, and the raising of ground levels
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hand S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the residential use of caravans and associated development should be permitted on ground (a) of section 174(2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Whether the enforcement notice requirements are reasonable and proportionate on grounds (f) and (g)
What decided it
The clear conflict with flood risk policy (NPPF sequential test for highly vulnerable uses in flood zone 3) and heritage asset protection (less than substantial harm to listed structures with no demonstrable public benefits) provided reasons for refusal that were not overridden by the lack of five-year housing land supply.
Although the Council lacks a five-year housing land supply, the clear harm from flood risk and heritage asset impacts provided sufficient reason to refuse the development without triggering the tilted balance in paragraph 11 of the NPPF
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: CSP1, CSP2, CSP4, CPS1, AP4, AP5
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.