Planning appeal decision
The Elms, Crowgate Lane , Westbury On Severn , Gloucestershire , GL14 1QS
Planning appeal 3347448 at The Elms, Crowgate Lane , Westbury On Severn , Gloucestershire , GL14 1QS (Forest of Dean District Council) was decided (invalid) on 16 January 2025 by Inspector Law T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the planning application should have been validated by the Council; and in the event that I find it should have been validated.
the change of use of land to private Gypsy site and associated works
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Law T
- Postcode
- GL14 1QS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the planning application should have been validated by the Council; and in the event that I find it should have been validated
What decided it
The application was not valid by the 2 April 2024 exemption date for biodiversity net gain requirements, and the appellant failed to provide the required biodiversity net gain information subsequently requested by the Council.
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