®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Unit 1, Station Works , Dyehouse Lane, Glastonbury, BS6 9UU
the retention of 3 caravans (resubmission)
- Authority
- Mendip District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Pope N
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.
Plan policies cited: CP3, DP1, DP5, DP7, DP8, DP20, DP23, DP25
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.