®Planning appeal decision
Land off Selby Road, Camblesforth, SELBY, YO8 8NE
the change of use of land to a traveller site for one family, erection of a dayroom and including ancillary hardstanding
- Authority
- North Yorkshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- caravan-gypsy · Change of use
- Inspector
- Wraight G
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would be suitably located, having regard to local and national planning policies and to the accessibility to services and facilities
- Flood risk matters
- The weight to be attached to other considerations, including the need and supply of Traveller sites; the availability (or lack) of alternative sites; the personal circumstances of the occupiers including the best interests of children; the Planning Policy for Traveller sites; and the presumption in favour of sustainable development set out by the National Planning Policy Framework
What decided it
The failure to demonstrate that the sequential test for flood risk had been passed and that the site would be safe for its occupants, particularly regarding flooded access/egress and an inadequate safe refuge.
The significant weight attached to unmet Traveller site need and supply, absence of a lawful alternative site, prolonged policy failure and the appellant's personal circumstances did not outweigh the harm and conflict with the development plan arising from unresolved flood risk.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SP11, Policy SP2, Policy SP1, Policy SP19, Policy SP15
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