Land Adjacent to Unit 1, Station Works , Dyehouse Lane, Glastonbury, BS6 9UU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• The effect upon the local economy, having particular regard to the provision of employment land and the need to support growth
• The effect upon the local townscape
• Whether there would be adequate living conditions for occupiers of the caravans, having particular regard to private amenity space, privacy and noise disturbance
• Whether the development would be likely to contribute to an unacceptable increase in phosphate levels within the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar Site
• The flood risk implications of the development

What decided it

The realistic possibility that the development would contribute to an unacceptable increase in phosphate levels within the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar Site, combined with unacceptable flood risk implications, outweighed the economic and townscape benefits.

The benefits to the local economy, townscape and living conditions did not outweigh the harm identified in respect of potential adverse impact upon the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar Site and SPA and the flood risk implications.