FROME ROAD, RADSTOCK, BA3 3LD

single detached split level green dwelling

Authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Cahalane R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the site is suitable in principle for one dwelling having regard to location, land use, and amount of development

What decided it

The less-than-substantial harm to the significance of the Radstock Conservation Area and landscape character, which amounts to a strong reason to refuse the proposal under Framework paragraph 11d)i, outweighs the moderate benefit of providing one dwelling despite the Council's housing land supply shortfall.

The moderate weight given to the provision of one dwelling and its contribution to housing supply does not outweigh the extent of harm to the conservation area's significance and landscape character, which amounts to a strong reason to refuse the proposal

Framework references: 11, 212, 213, 215

Plan policies cited: Policy DW1, Policy SV1, Policy HE1

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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