®Planning appeal decision
12 Clevedon Road, Tickenham, CLEVEDON, BS21 6QT
to demolish agricultural building and erect 2 dwellings with shared access
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Reeves K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal is inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for residential development having regard to the locational strategy of the development plan and the effect of the proposal on the character of the area
- whether the proposal would result in an unacceptable loss of best and most versatile agricultural land
What decided it
The unsustainability of the location in transport terms, requiring private vehicle use to access day-to-day services and facilities, combined with the conflict with the development plan's locational strategy, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the modest housing supply benefits.
The moderate housing supply benefits and limited social and economic benefits were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm arising from policy conflicts with the development plan's locational strategy and the Framework's sustainability principles, resulting in dismissal.
Framework references: 11, 154, 180, 187
Plan policies cited: Policy DM12, Policy CS14, Policy CS33
Judgments cited: Julian Wood v SSCLG & Gravesham Borough Council [2015] EWCA Civ 195
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