A J M Leisure (Bristol) Ltd, Ash Lane, Almondsbury, BRISTOL, BS32 4BY

Retrospective planning permission for the change of use of the land from horse exercise arena (granted in 2005 and amended in 2011 – PT05/1573/F & PT11/3150/RVC) to storage of caravans, related ancillary functions, together with replacement of hardstanding and drainage works

Authority: South Gloucestershire Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Change of use
Inspector: Allen M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether or not the development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt
The effect of the proposal on highway safety
Whether the development is at a suitable location in respect of accessibility
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 development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that significantly reduces openness and fails the sustainability requirements of paragraph 155 of the Framework, and the economic benefits do not constitute very special circumstances to justify it.

Framework references: 154, 155, 143, 110, 115

Plan policies cited: CS5, PSP7, PSP11, CS1, CS34, PSP27, PSP28

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