The Laurels Gloucester Road, Grovesend, Thornbury, BS35 3TU

Planning appeal 6010050 at The Laurels Gloucester Road, Grovesend, Thornbury, BS35 3TU (South Gloucestershire Council) was dismissed on 16 September 2026 by Inspector S Ramsden, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the advertisements on the visual amenity and the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area.

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Authority: South Gloucestershire Council
Appeal type: advert · Commercial advertisement
Procedure: Written
Development: advertisement
Inspector: S Ramsden
Postcode: BS35 3TU

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the advertisements on the visual amenity and the character and appearance of the host property and surrounding area

What decided it

The considerable visual intrusion of the large advertisements and their harm to the visual amenity and character and appearance of the host property and surrounding rural area outweighed the business and employment benefits claimed by the appellant.

the benefits of drawing attention to a new business and generating employment were outweighed by the considerable visual intrusion and harm to visual amenity

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CS1 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Core Strategy (2013)Policy PSP1 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (2017)Policy PSP38 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (2017)

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