®Planning appeal decision
Land Opposite Churchill House, Churchill Green, Churchill, North Somerset, BS25 5QH
Planning appeal 3350972 at Land Opposite Churchill House, Churchill Green, Churchill, North Somerset, BS25 5QH (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 26 February 2025 by Inspector Reeves K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether it has been sufficiently demonstrated that the appeal properties are not viable as holiday let units.
create new opening for access, new bin store and cycle storage and parking area - change of use - two holiday lets to two dwellings
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Reeves K
- Postcode
- BS25 5QH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether it has been sufficiently demonstrated that the appeal properties are not viable as holiday let units
- whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for permanent residential dwellings
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the holiday let business is unviable, combined with the site's unsustainable location outside the settlement boundary lacking safe access to services and facilities, means the proposal conflicts with the development plan and the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the housing benefits.
The moderate housing benefit and limited social and economic benefits of two dwellings on brownfield land were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the unjustified loss of holiday letting and the inappropriate location of the site for permanent residential dwellings in an unsustainable rural location.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM57 of the Development Management Policies Sites and Policies Plan Part 1 (2016)Policy CS14 of the North Somerset Core Strategy (2017)Policy CS33 of the North Somerset Core Strategy (2017)
- 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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