®Planning appeal decision
Bluebell Cottage, Lower Wye Valley Road, Bigsweir, St. Briavels, LYDNEY, GL15 6QQ
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
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.
Plan policies cited: AP4, CSP1, AP7, AP29, CSP2
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