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Dismissed5 April 20243320447

Oaklands, Gloucester Road, Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 0TF

Planning appeal 3320447 at Oaklands, Gloucester Road, Staverton, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 0TF (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was dismissed on 5 April 2024 by Inspector Ford K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the agricultural building and boundary treatments are inappropriate development for the purposes of the development plan policy and the NPPF.

provision of an agricultural building with a reduced area of hardstanding and re-surfaced access track (including part retention of works) and removal of 2 small brick buildings, removal of all external lighting and CCTV equipment and removal of 2.2 metre close boarded fencing that encloses the existing yard to be replaced with new 1.2m high post and rail fencing

Authority
Tewkesbury Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
agricultural · Householder developments
Inspector
Ford K
Postcode
GL51 0TF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the agricultural building and boundary treatments are inappropriate development for the purposes of the development plan policy and the NPPF
  • The effect of the agricultural building and boundary treatments on the openness of the Green Belt
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area as a result of the boundary treatments fronting onto the B4063 and around the residential property, Oaklands
  • If the agricultural building or boundary treatments are inappropriate development whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify it

What decided it

The development constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt which by definition is harmful, and the other considerations do not clearly outweigh the totality of the harm caused, so very special circumstances do not exist.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy GRB4Policy SD5Policy AGR1Policy LAN2Policy RES10Policy SD4Policy SD6
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 142Paragraph 152Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 155

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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