®Planning appeal decision
67 Church Road, Wick, Bristol, BS30 5PE
Planning appeal 3365758 at 67 Church Road, Wick, Bristol, BS30 5PE (South Gloucestershire Council) was dismissed on 3 September 2025 by Inspector Wiltshire M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the exemption to the requirement to provide Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) could be secured, or, if not, whether this objective could be met.
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
- Postcode
- BS30 5PE
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and demonstrably outweighed by the significant harm from the failure to secure Biodiversity Net Gain, despite the out-of-date development plan and shortfall in five-year housing land supply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PSP37Policy PSP38Policy PSP8Policy CS8Policy PSP11Policy PSP16Policy CS1Policy PSP20
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 56
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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