®Planning appeal decision
Enmore Park Golf Club, Enmore, BRIDGWATER, TA5 2AN
landscape remodelling works by infilling the existing gully between holes 1 and 18; and creation of a bund to the existing practice ground
- Authority
- Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other Major Developments
- Inspector
- Hunter A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would have an adverse effect upon protected habitats and species
- The effect of the proposed development upon trees
- The effect of the proposed development upon the gully as a non-designated heritage asset
- Whether the proposed development, in particular the works proposed to the existing practice ground, would result in an increase in flood risk
What decided it
The cumulative weight of four unresolved planning concerns—inadequate ecological surveys for reptiles, insufficient tree replacement details, unjustified loss of a non-designated heritage asset, and undemonstrated flood risk mitigation—each contrary to development plan policy and the Framework, collectively required dismissal of the appeal.
Framework references: 216, 170
Plan policies cited: Policy D20 of the Sedgemoor District Local Plan, Policy DM3 of the Somerset Waste Core Strategy, Policy DM26 of the Sedgemoor District Local Plan, Policy D1 of the Sedgemoor District Local Plan
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.