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Dismissed19 May 20233313592

Former Garden Centre, White Gate Nurseries, Stockwood Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AN

Planning appeal 3313592 at Former Garden Centre, White Gate Nurseries, Stockwood Hill, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2AN (Bath and North East Somerset Council) was dismissed on 19 May 2023 by Inspector Davies N, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework).

conversion of existing 5 buildings to form 6 dwellings, with associated parking and internal access road

Authority
Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Davies N
Postcode
BS31 2AN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework)
  • Whether the site is suitable for the proposed development having regard to the spatial strategy of the development plan and whether the proposed works would constitute re-use or reconstruction of the existing nursery buildings/structures
  • The effect of the proposed development upon biodiversity
  • The effect of the proposed development upon highway safety and accessibility to sustainable transport

What decided it

The proposal was found to constitute rebuilding rather than conversion, placing it in conflict with the development plan's spatial strategy, compounded by unresolved biodiversity risk and harmful highway safety impacts.

The Inspector found the development plan up-to-date and saw no substantive reason to set aside the housing strategy even allowing for potential benefits such as reuse of a previously developed site, reduced vandalism risk, reduced pressure for countryside housing, good design or employment creation.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DW1Policy RE4Policy RE6Policy SCR6Policy D8Policy NE3Policy NE5Policy D5ePolicy ST1Policy ST7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 149Paragraph 174Paragraph 111
Judgments
Hibbitt High Court judgement

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

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