®Planning appeal decision
Land south of Badminton Road, Old Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, BS37 6LX
the erection of 35 dwellings and provision of associated infrastructure
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- McGlone A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would accord with local planning policies in respect of the location of the site
- whether occupants of the proposed development would have reasonable access to facilities and services
- whether the proposal would make adequate provision for affordable housing, traffic calming/speed reduction, public open space, education, and the library service
What decided it
Applying the tilted balance, the significant benefits of market and affordable housing delivery and other social/economic benefits outweighed the minor policy conflict and the less-than-substantial heritage harm.
the benefits of housing delivery (including significant weight to affordable housing), economic benefits and minor accessibility/highway benefits outweighed the minor harm from conflict with location policies and the less-than-substantial, low-end heritage harm, so the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits under the tilted balance
Framework references: 7, 33, 61, 79, 74, 105, 57, 11, 55
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5, Policy CS15, Policy CS34, Policy CS9, Policy CS1, Policy CS2, Policy CS6, Policy CS8, Policy CS18, Policy CS23, Policy CS24, Policy PSP11, Policy PSP40, Policy PSP17, Policy PSP2, Policy PSP20
Judgments cited: Palmer and Herefordshire Council [2016] EWCA Civ 1061; Gladman Developments Ltd v Daventry DC [2016] EWCA Civ 1146; Bloor Homes v SSCLG [2017] PTSR 1283; Paul Newman Homes Ltd v SSHCLG & Aylesbury Vale District Council [2021] EWCA Civ 15; Gladman Developments Ltd v SSHCLG [2019] EWHC 127 (Admin); Wavendon Properties Ltd v SSHCLG and Milton Keynes Council [2019] EWHC 1524 (Admin); Peel Investment Ltd v SSHCLG [2019] EWHC 2143 (Admin)
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.