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Dismissed6 November 20253355854

Land to South of High Street/Church Road, Wick

Planning appeal 3355854 at Land to South of High Street/Church Road, Wick (South Gloucestershire Council) was dismissed on 6 November 2025 by Inspector Jones M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular reference to:.

‘infill residential development of a minimum/maximum of nine self-build dwellings’

Authority
South Gloucestershire Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Jones M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the site is suitable for residential development, having regard to its location, the proposed land use and the amount of development, with particular reference to:
  • the effect of the proposal on the setting of the Grade I listed building Wick Court
  • whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt
  • the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
  • whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances required to justify the proposal

What decided it

The combined great weight attached to harm to the setting of the Grade I listed Wick Court and the substantial weight attached to Green Belt harm (inappropriateness and openness) were not clearly outweighed by the benefits, so very special circumstances did not exist.

The significant benefits of the scheme (housing land supply shortfall, self-build need, economic and environmental benefits) did not clearly outweigh the great weight given to heritage harm and the substantial weight given to Green Belt harm, so very special circumstances did not exist and the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS9Policy PSP17Policy CS5Policy CS34
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 142Paragraph 145Paragraph 154

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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