Planning appeal decision
Land Next to Land Yeo at Tyntesfield Springs, Bristol Road, Wraxall, North Somerset, BS48 1UD
Planning appeal 3343001 at Land Next to Land Yeo at Tyntesfield Springs, Bristol Road, Wraxall, North Somerset, BS48 1UD (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 28 November 2024 by Inspector Wilson D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
installation of a Novel hydro turbine and erection of a dwelling
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilson D
- Postcode
- BS48 1UD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the landscape
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for the development having regard to development plan policies
- the effect on the North Somerset and Mendip Bats Special Area of Conservation in respect of bats and biodiversity
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal
What decided it
The proposal constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would cause substantial harm to openness and landscape character, and no very special circumstances exist to justify this harm.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM12Policy DM10Policy DM32Policy DM8Policy CS5Policy CS12Policy CS14Policy CS33Policy CS4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 8Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 135Paragraph 153Paragraph 154Paragraph 180
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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