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Planning permission granted4 September 20263378284

Land Adjacent to Orchard Farm Cottage, Pomphrey Hill, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9NF

Planning appeal 3378284 at Land Adjacent to Orchard Farm Cottage, Pomphrey Hill, Mangotsfield, Bristol, BS16 9NF (South Gloucestershire Council) was allowed on 4 September 2026 by Inspector Merrett R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework).

Authority
South Gloucestershire Council
Appeal type
minor · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Hearing
Development
caravan-gypsy · Change of use
Inspector
Merrett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt for the purposes of the National Planning Policy Framework (the Framework)
  • the effect of the development in relation to the character and appearance of the area
  • the significance of any contamination present on the site
  • if the development is inappropriate, whether the harm to the Green Belt by way of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development

What decided it

The finding that the site constituted 'grey belt' land meeting the Policy GB7g criteria, so the development was not inappropriate development in the Green Belt.

the benefits of granting permission would not be substantially outweighed by any adverse effects, so the development constituted sustainable development in relation to which the Framework presumes in favour

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS5Policy CS34Policy PSP7Policy CS1Policy CS9Policy PSP1Policy PSP2Policy PSP40Policy PSP21
National Planning Policy Framework
Policy GB2Policy GB6Policy GB8Policy S5
Judgments
R (oao Hart Aggregates Ltd) v Hartlepool BC [2005] EWHC 840 (Admin); Greyfort Properties Ltd v SSCLG [2011] EWCA Civ 908; F G Whitley & Sons v SSW & Clwyd CC [1992] JPL 856

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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