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Notice varied and upheld27 June 20243307537

Midford Castle, Midford, Bath, BA2 7BU

Planning appeal 3307537 at Midford Castle, Midford, Bath, BA2 7BU (Bath and North East Somerset Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 27 June 2024 by Inspector Jarratt P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The main issues relate to heritage assets, the Green Belt, landscape and nature conservation.

Unauthorised engineering works to reprofile land and erect a two-storey, semi-subterranean building, together with unauthorised hardstanding and an access track

Authority
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
other · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Jarratt P
Postcode
BA2 7BU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The main issues relate to heritage assets, the Green Belt, landscape and nature conservation.

What decided it

The much greater scale, height, footprint and siting of the unauthorised building compared with the previously approved scheme caused harm to heritage assets, Green Belt openness and landscape/nature conservation interests that was not outweighed by any public benefit or very special circumstances.

the harm by reason of inappropriateness, to the openness of the Green Belt, and to the setting of nearby listed buildings, together with landscape and nature conservation harm, was not clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the development, and no public benefit was found to outweigh the harm caused

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy HE1Policy CP8Policy NE2Policy NE3aPolicy D8Policy B4Policy CP6Policy D2Policy NE2A
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 205Paragraph 208Paragraph 152-156

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