®Planning appeal decision
Land north of the Lydney Road, Bream, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 6ER
development of the land for up to 30 residential dwellings (C3) with associated highway access and infrastructure
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site represents a suitable location for housing having regard to any odour impacts arising from the nearby poultry farm and whether the introduction of housing at the appeal site would be detrimental to the continued operation of this poultry farm
- whether the proposal makes adequate provision for affordable housing, self-build housing, the management and maintenance of public open space, biodiversity net gain, and the necessary financial contributions for mitigation relating to the Severn Estuary SAC, SPA and Ramsar site, as well as contributions towards libraries and school transport, such that the development would be acceptable in planning terms
What decided it
The combination of unmitigated odour harm to future residents (and risk to the poultry farm's operation) together with the failure to secure biodiversity net gain and a self-build plot outweighed the significant benefits of housing delivery.
The significant weight given to housing delivery, including affordable housing, was significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the substantial weight attached to odour-related harm and the absence of secured BNG, together with the limited-weight harm from the lack of a self-build plot.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy AP.4, Policy CSP.5, Policy CSP.1, Policy CSP.4, Policy CSP.9, Policy AP.1, Policy AP.7, Policy AP.8
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.