®Planning appeal decision
Land at Selsley Common, Stroud, Gloucestershire , GL5 5LB
Planning appeal 3326034 at Land at Selsley Common, Stroud, Gloucestershire , GL5 5LB (Stroud District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 13 February 2024 by Inspector Hanson S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development is an acceptable form of development in this location particularly with regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the area, which is within the Cotswolds National Landscape.
Without planning permission, the excavation of land, and the erection of a building in the approximate position edged in blue. The requirements of the notice are to: (i) Demolish the whole of the metal structure and stone wall and permanently remove all the resulting debris from the land; (ii) Infill the area of excavated land and return it to its natural gradient prior to the excavation work taking place; (iii) On completion of steps (ii) and (iii) reseed with grass seed in the first available planting season
- Authority
- Stroud District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- employment-industrial · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hanson S
- Postcode
- GL5 5LB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development is an acceptable form of development in this location particularly with regard to its effect on the character and appearance of the area, which is within the Cotswolds National Landscape
What decided it
The development would harm the character and appearance of the Cotswolds National Landscape, a designation of national importance to which great weight must be given, and the builder's yard use is not a sensitive form of development appropriate to this protected landscape.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CP15Policy CP1Policy ES7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 182
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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