®Planning appeal decision
Land at Beeks Lane, St Catherine, Marshfield, Bath, South Gloucestershire, BA1 8HF
erection of a barn for the storage of stable bedding, hay, other feedstock, tack, horse boxes, and a tractor and associated cultivation/field maintenance implements. The formation of an all- weather arena
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- agricultural · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Robinson N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and relevant Development Plan policies, including its effect on openness
- 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 barn's extensive footprint and massing would have a harmful eroding effect on the spatial openness of the Green Belt that could not be justified by the operational benefits claimed, as these carried only limited weight without evidence of alternative solutions.
Framework references: 154
Plan policies cited: Policy CS5, Policy PSP7
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.