®Planning appeal decision
Paper Mill Cottage, St. Catherine, BATH, BA1 8HG
1. Without planning permission, the mixed use of the property, comprising a caravan site, residential use and a holiday let. 2. Without planning permission, the erection of a storage building
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Russell J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the material change of use to the appeal mixed use and erection of storage building amounted to inappropriate development in the Green Belt
- The effects of the developments on openness of the Green Belt, character and appearance of surrounding rural area and landscape and scenic beauty of the Cotswolds National Landscape
- Effects on biodiversity
- Whether the site is in a suitable location for the appeal mixed use with regard to planning policy objectives for travel and highway safety
- Whether any harm caused by reason of inappropriateness and any other harm is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to very special circumstances
What decided it
The material change of use to introduce a caravan site use alongside the existing dwellinghouse and holiday let constitutes inappropriate development in the Green Belt which causes harm by reason of inappropriateness that is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, and very special circumstances do not exist to justify it.
Framework references: 11, 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Core Strategy Policy CP8, Core Strategy Policy CP6, Placemaking Plan Policy GB1, Placemaking Plan Policy D2, Placemaking Plan Policy D6, Local Plan Partial Update Policy NE2, Local Plan Partial Update Policy NE3, Local Plan Partial Update Policy NE3A, Local Plan Partial Update Policy ST7
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.