®Planning appeal decision
Greenways, Vicarage Lane, Olveston, BRISTOL, BS35 4BT
construction of a replacement dwelling following the demolition of the existing house and outbuildings
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Harrington S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether or not the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the Framework, including the effect of the proposal on the openness and purposes of the Green Belt
- the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- if the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm, by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The substantial harm to the openness of the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness, combined with harm to character and appearance, is not clearly outweighed by other considerations, so very special circumstances do not exist.
the substantial harm to the Green Belt by reason of inappropriateness and reduction of openness, together with harm to character and appearance, was not clearly outweighed by moderate benefits from a modern dwelling and construction-period economic gains, so the appeal was dismissed
Framework references: 154, 143, 153, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS1 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Core Strategy (2013), Policy CS5 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Core Strategy (2013), Policy PSP1 of the South Gloucestershire Policies Sites and Places Plan (2017)
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