®Planning appeal decision
Land at Burnt House Farm, North End Road, Yatton, BS49 4GH
Planning appeal 3346103 at Land at Burnt House Farm, North End Road, Yatton, BS49 4GH (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 3 April 2025 by Inspector Phillips B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would comply with national planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding.
Erection of 1 new dwelling
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Phillips B
- Postcode
- BS49 4GH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would comply with national planning policy which seeks to steer new development away from areas at the highest risk of flooding
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposal having regard to the development plan and national strategy
What decided it
The conflict with flood risk policies carries significant weight because the Framework requires inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding should be avoided by directing development away from areas at highest risk, and this harm could not be outweighed by the small benefits of a single dwelling.
the small benefits of one additional dwelling and economic benefits from construction were insufficient to outweigh the significant harm arising from conflict with flood risk policies and the minor harm from conflict with housing distribution policies
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS3 of the Core Strategy (2017)Policy DM1 of the North Somerset Sites and Policies Plan (Part 1) 2016Policy CS14 of the Core StrategyPolicy CS33 of the Core StrategyPolicy SA2 of the Sites and Policies Plan Part 2 (Site Allocations Plan) (2018)Policy DM46 of the Sites and Policies Plan (Part 1) 2016
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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