The Bungalow, Bournstream, WOTTON-UNDER-EDGE, GL12 7PA

redirection of the existing driveway into the field adjacent to the property, allowing an access to the highway to enhance visibility and safety for all road users. This will require a change of use from agricultural to residential for the small portion of the field allocated for the drive

Authority: Stroud District Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Edwards J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including whether it would conserve or enhance the natural, scenic and landscape beauty of the Cotswolds National Landscape
Whether the location of the development is acceptable having regard to policy CP15 of the Stroud District Local Plan 2015

What decided it

The considerable weight attached to the harm to the character, appearance and landscape beauty of the Cotswolds National Landscape, required by paragraph 189 of the Framework and the section 245 statutory duty, outweighed the moderate highway safety benefits and other limited advantages of the scheme.

Framework references: 189

Plan policies cited: CP15, ES7, ES12, CP14

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