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Allowed17 April 20233308537

Land At Broom Hill/Brislington Meadows, Bristol, BS4 4NF

Planning appeal 3308537 at Land At Broom Hill/Brislington Meadows, Bristol, BS4 4NF (Bristol City Council) was allowed on 17 April 2023 by Inspector Woodwards O, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for development of this type, with regard to site allocation Policy BSA1201 of the SADMP and the Development Plan as a whole.

Up to 260 new residential dwellings (Class C3 use) together with pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access, cycle and car parking, public open space and associated infrastructure

Authority
Bristol City Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Inquiry
Development
residential · Unknown
Inspector
Woodwards O
Postcode
BS4 4UD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether or not the appeal site is an appropriate location for development of this type, with regard to site allocation Policy BSA1201 of the SADMP and the Development Plan as a whole
  • the effect of the proposed development on biodiversity, in particular with regard to the loss of habitat including grassland, trees and hedgerows, and with regard to the adequacy and deliverability of the proposed mitigation and compensation
  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area, with particular regard to design, landscape, and the loss of trees and hedgerows

What decided it

The substantial weight attached to housing and affordable housing delivery, combined with the proposal's accordance with the site-specific allocation policy, significantly outweighed the limited harms to character, trees/hedgerows, ecology and open space.

The substantial benefits of market and affordable housing delivery, together with significant ecological, economic and accessibility benefits, significantly outweighed the limited harms to character and appearance, trees and hedgerows, ecology and open space, and the appeal was allowed.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BSA1201Policy SA1Policy BCS9Policy BCS21Policy DM15Policy DM17Policy DM19Policy DM26Policy DM27Policy DM28Policy DM31Policy BCS5Policy BCS11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 15Paragraph 11Paragraph 174Paragraph 180Paragraph 200Paragraph 203Paragraph 111Paragraph 8Paragraph 177Paragraph 179

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