®Planning appeal decision
Lorne Road Car Park, Westmoreland, Bath, BA2 3BZ
without planning permission, the provision of a hard surface to extend existing car park
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hartley D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area including the Bath World Heritage Site
- The effect on biodiversity
- Highway safety
- Surface water flooding
What decided it
The significant harm to the character and appearance of the area caused by the removal of characterful approved landscaping to facilitate the unauthorised hard surface, which could not be mitigated by condition and was not outweighed by the public benefit of additional car parking provision.
The less than substantial harm to the World Heritage Site and significant harm to character and appearance were not outweighed by the public benefit of additional car parking provision; neutral matters concerning highway safety and drainage did not alter this conclusion.
Framework references: 116, 12, 14, 16
Plan policies cited: Policy HE1, Policy CP6, Policy D2, Policy B4, Policy NE3a, Policy ST7, Policy CP5
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.