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Dismissed30 July 20243340819

Slowwe House, Silver Street, Arlingham, Gloucestershire, GL2 7JU

Planning appeal 3340819 at Slowwe House, Silver Street, Arlingham, Gloucestershire, GL2 7JU (Stroud District Council) was dismissed on 30 July 2024 by Inspector Davies B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would comply with planning policy that seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding.

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Authority
Stroud District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector
Davies B
Postcode
GL2 7JU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would comply with planning policy that seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding

What decided it

The appellant did not satisfy the sequential test by failing to demonstrate that there are no reasonably available alternative sites at lower flood risk, and provided no evidence of urgent overriding need for the development at this specific location in Flood Zone 3.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy ES4Policy ES6Policy EI10Policy CP15
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 165Paragraph 168Paragraph 174

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