®Planning appeal decision
Land Adjacent To Greystones, Ashgrove, Peasedown St John, BA2 8EG
Permission in Principle for an infill residential development of 2 no. dwellings
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location and land use of the proposal would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt, taking into account the purposes of including land within it
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- whether it would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area
- if the proposal is 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 the development
What decided it
The proposal fails to constitute limited infilling in the Green Belt as the appeal site represents a definite visual break marking the transition from village to open countryside, and the identified harms to the Green Belt and conflict with the development strategy are not clearly outweighed by other considerations.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, the erosion of openness, conflict with Green Belt purposes, and considerable harm from locating development contrary to the spatial strategy were not clearly outweighed by the moderate social, environmental and economic benefits, resulting in the dismissal of the appeal
Framework references: 11, 142, 143, 153, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy CP8, Policy GB1, Policy GB2, Policy DW1, Policy RE4
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and Gravesham Borough Council [2015]; R (Tate) v Northumberland CC (2018) [EWCA] Civ1519
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.