®Planning appeal decision
Elm Grove Farm , Lower Road, Hinton Blewett, BS39 5AT
conversion and extension of barn to create 1no. dwelling and replacement of all remaining buildings with 4no. dwellings together with associated hard/soft landscape works; drainage and access improvements
- 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 proposed development would be a suitable location for housing, having regard to the development strategy for the area and access to services and facilities
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- the effect of the proposal on the North Somerset and Mendips Bats Special Area of Conservation (SAC)
What decided it
The fallback position of the extant Prior Approval consent for five dwellings, which would cause greater harm than the appeal proposal, was sufficient to outweigh the conflict with the development plan when combined with the design and sustainability benefits of the scheme.
Framework references: 47
Plan policies cited: Policy DW1, Policy RE6, Policy RA1, Policy RA2, Policy D2, Policy NE3, Policy SCR6
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