®Planning appeal decision
Old Police Building Stuart Road, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, BS23 3XN
demolition of existing buildings and development of 39 houses with associated roads and parking
- Authority
- North Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Major dwellings
- Inspector
- Fish A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal proposal would be at risk of flooding or increase the risk of flooding elsewhere
- whether the appeal proposal would harm the character and biodiversity value of the area as a result of the loss of protected trees
- if harm is found, whether there are other considerations which outweigh any identified harm
What decided it
The provision of 39 dwellings on brownfield land within a settlement, together with necessary remediation, attracted substantial weight which outweighed the failure of the sequential test and harm to protected trees, particularly given the significant shortfall in housing land supply.
The failure to comply with the sequential test and the effect on protected trees counted significantly against the proposal, but the provision of 39 dwellings on brownfield land within a settlement with substantial weight, combined with the Council's significant housing land supply shortfall, meant the adverse impacts did not significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits; the Framework indicated the proposal should be determined otherwise than in accordance with the development plan.
Framework references: 49, 174, 125, 11, 57
Plan policies cited: Policy CS3, Policy CS4, Policy CS9, Policy CS12, Policy DM8, Policy DM9, Policy DM32
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.