®Planning appeal decision
345 Southmead Road, Westbury-On-Trym, BRISTOL, BS10 5LW
the erection of a 2 bed dwelling
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- O'Connor H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Highway safety having regard to access and parking arrangements
- If harm arises, whether this would be outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
The presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework, triggered by the Council's failure to meet the Housing Delivery Test, outweighed the limited harm arising from the conflict with parking policy DM23.
The benefits of providing an additional dwelling in an accessible location and making more efficient use of land outweighed the limited harm from less-than-ideal parking arrangements and the limited conflict with policy DM23, under the tilted balance in paragraph 11(d)(ii) of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 124, 111
Plan policies cited: Policy BCS21, Policy DM26, Policy DM21, Policy DM29, Policy DM23, Policy BCS15, Policy DM32, Policy BCS10
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.