®Planning appeal decision
Park Farm, Colliers Lane, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9JA
a change of use of land for stationing of converted shipping container for holiday use and erection of timber decking, hot tub and balustrade
- Authority
- Bath and North East Somerset Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Sedgwick P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies, and the effect of the proposal on the openness of the Green Belt
- Whether the development is acceptable in principle having regard to development plan policy and the accessibility of services
- The effect of the development upon the supply of good quality agricultural land
- Whether the development adequately provides for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
- The effect of the development upon the character and appearance of the area
- If there would be harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, whether the harm would be clearly outweighed by other considerations to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the proposal
What decided it
The development is inappropriate development in the Green Belt that fails to preserve openness, and the financial and tourism benefits do not constitute the very special circumstances necessary to justify the harm.
Framework references: 153, 154
Plan policies cited: Policy GB1 of the Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan (2017), Policy CP8 of the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update (2023), Policy RE7 of the Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan (2017), Policy RE3 of the Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan (2017), Policy ST1 of the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update (2023), Policy ST7 of the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update (2023), Policy RE5 of the Bath and North East Somerset Placemaking Plan (2017), Policy NE3 of the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update (2023), Policy NE3a of the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update (2023), Policy NE2 of the Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan Partial Update (2023)
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.