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Dismissed3 January 20253351202

Oaklea Lodge, Blackmoor Road, Abbots Leigh, North Somerset, BS8 3RH

Planning appeal 3351202 at Oaklea Lodge, Blackmoor Road, Abbots Leigh, North Somerset, BS8 3RH (North Somerset Council) was dismissed on 3 January 2025 by Inspector Sedgwick P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the principle of development having regard to the development strategy for the area.

Conversion of Garage to a 3 Bedroom Dwelling

Authority
North Somerset Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Sedgwick P
Postcode
BS8 3RH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the principle of development having regard to the development strategy for the area

What decided it

The unsustainable location of the development, requiring reliance on car travel to access community services and facilities, means the limited housing benefits do not outweigh the harm and the proposal is not sustainable development.

The benefits of contributing to housing land supply and sustaining local services were outweighed by the harm of locating development in an unsustainable location reliant mainly on car travel.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS1Policy CS14Policy CS33Policy SA2Policy DM45
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 84

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.

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