®Planning appeal decision
Land At Common Moor Drove, Glastonbury, Somerset, BA6 9BH
described on the application form as ‘outline planning application for the erection of up to 90 dwellings along with associated open space and infrastructure (means of access to be determined only)
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Inquiry
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Bristow T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the development proposed, with particular reference to accessibility
- the effect of the proposal on landscape character
What decided it
Application of the NPPF paragraph 11(d)(ii) tilted balance, whereby the significant benefits of housing and affordable housing delivery, economic benefits and biodiversity net gain were found to far outweigh the limited and moderate harms identified.
the limited harm from the site's location outside the development limit, the moderate-declining-to-limited landscape harm, and the limited harm from loss of agricultural land did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the significant benefits of housing delivery, affordable housing, economic benefits and biodiversity net gain, so permission was granted
Framework references: 11, 55, 57, 68, 74, 104, 105, 110, 130, 157, 167, 169, 174, 181, 184, 187, 188
Plan policies cited: Policy CP1, Policy CP2, Policy CP7, Policy DP1, Policy DP4, Policy DP5, Policy DP6, Policy DP7, Policy DP8, Policy DP9, Policy DP10, Policy DP11, Policy DP16, Policy DP19, GL2
Judgments cited: The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, R (On the Application Of) v Harborough District Council [2023] EWHC 263 (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.