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Notice upheld29 January 20243320007

Bluebell Cottage, Lower Wye Valley Road, Bigsweir, St. Briavels, Lydney, GL15 6QQ

Planning appeal 3320007 at Bluebell Cottage, Lower Wye Valley Road, Bigsweir, St. Briavels, Lydney, GL15 6QQ (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 29 January 2024 by Inspector Hand S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the breach of planning control (creation of access and parking area) should be enforced.

without planning permission, an engineering operation, by creating an access onto a class 1 road (A466) with a driveway leading to a new formed parking area, in the approximate position hatched out in green on the attached plan

Authority
Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Other minor developments
Inspector
Hand S
Postcode
GL15 6QQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the breach of planning control (creation of access and parking area) should be enforced
  • Impact on character and appearance of the Wye Valley AONB and ancient woodland
  • Highway safety at the access point onto the A466

What decided it

The serious highway safety issue alone, with visibility of only 30m to the left of the access onto a high-speed A-road, would have been sufficient to refuse permission regardless of the appellant's personal circumstances.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
AP4CSP1AP7AP29CSP2

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