Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Notice varied and upheld11 October 20243345531

1 Council Houses Downside Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3DN

Planning appeal 3345531 at 1 Council Houses Downside Road, Backwell, Bristol, BS48 3DN (North Somerset Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 11 October 2024 by Inspector Bond V, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the material change of use of the land to a mixed use of residential use and the use of the land for the parking of cars connected with passengers of Bristol Airport constitutes a breach of planning control.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of the land to a mixed use of residential use and the use of the land for the parking of cars connected with passengers of Bristol Airport

Authority
North Somerset Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Change of use
Inspector
Bond V
Postcode
BS48 3DN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the material change of use of the land to a mixed use of residential use and the use of the land for the parking of cars connected with passengers of Bristol Airport constitutes a breach of planning control
  • Whether the period for compliance with the enforcement notice (35 days) falls short of what is reasonable

What decided it

The scale and pattern of use of the airport parking operation was significantly different from incidental residential use, constituting a material change of use requiring planning permission, though the compliance period was extended to allow reasonable time for remediation.

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

20 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in North Somerset Council

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2024

  1. Notice upheld16 April 20263373067
    8 Spring Valley, Weston Super Mare, BS22 9AS
  2. Notice upheld16 April 20263373066
    8 Spring Valley, Weston Super Mare, BS22 9AS
  3. Notice upheld16 April 20263373063
    7 Spring Valley, Weston-Super-Mare, North Somerset, BS22 9AS
  4. Notice upheld30 March 20263368012
    Scars Farm , Lye Hole Lane, Redhill, Bristol, BS40 5TB
  5. Notice upheld26 March 20263346026
    Queensmead Farm Bristol Road, Winscombe, BS25 1PW

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.