®Planning appeal decision
67 CHURCH ROAD, WICK, BRISTOL, BS30 5PE
a new dwelling to side of existing with removal of garage
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wiltshire M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the exemption to the requirement to provide Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) could be secured, or, if not, whether this objective could be met
- whether suitable living conditions for the future occupiers of the proposed dwelling would be provided with regard to internal space
- the effect of the development on highway safety, with particular regard to the provision of parking and associated manoeuvring space
- the effect of the development on drainage
What decided it
The failure to secure the self-build exemption from BNG requirements through a planning obligation, combined with insufficient evidence that the 10% BNG objective could otherwise be met, resulted in significant harm that outweighed the modest housing benefit under the tilted balance.
The modest benefits of a single dwelling to housing supply were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm from the failure to secure Biodiversity Net Gain, despite the out-of-date development plan and shortfall in five-year housing land supply.
Framework references: 11, 56
Plan policies cited: Policy PSP37, Policy PSP38, Policy PSP8, Policy CS8, Policy PSP11, Policy PSP16, Policy CS1, Policy PSP20
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.