Verdun House Wotton Road, Iron Acton, BRISTOL, BS37 9XD

change of use of land from residential use to a mixed use of residential use and the storage of repair and sale of motor vehicles without planning permission. The construction of a large area of hardstanding to facilitate the change of use

Authority: South Gloucestershire Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Jarratt P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt
Whether it impacts upon the openness of the Green Belt
If it is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other circumstances amounting to very special circumstances

What decided it

The development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances to justify it, being contrary to the Framework and local policies which do not support new businesses in the Green Belt.

Framework references: 155

Plan policies cited: Policy PSP28, Policy CS5, Policy CS34

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