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  • Application Number: 12/16/00002
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Application Registered:
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13/02/2016
Application Decided:
03/03/2016

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Type:
Full Planning Permission
Location:
Land (2) To The South Of, Oak Tree Farm, Bristol Road, Highbridge, TA9 4HA
Proposal:
Use of land to site a mobile home for use of manager of The Oak Tree Arena
Case Officer:
Dawn de Vries
Registered Date:
13/01/2016
Applicant:
Oak Tree Leisure
Applicant Address:
Oak Tree Arena Edithmead Highbridge Somerset TA9 4HA
Agent:
Tamlyns
Agent Address:
56 High Street Bridgwater Somerset TA6 3BN
Consultation Start Date:
19/01/2016
Earliest Decision Date:
13/02/2016
Committee Date:
01/03/2016
Decision Level:
Committee
Decision:
Refuse Planning Permission
Decision Date:
03/03/2016

Conditions and Reasons

Number
Condition
Complied Date
1
The application site is situated in the countryside outside of any identified settlement and where development is only permitted in exceptional circumstances where a countryside location is essential. It has not been demonstrated that there is an essential functional requirement for a manager or worker to reside at the site. It has not been demonstrated that an on-site presence for most of the day and night for most of the year at the Oak Tree Arena is functionally essential. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy P6 and S1 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy as well as PPS7 Annex A (adopted by this Authority as a material consideration) (Sept 2012).
2
The application site is situated in Flood Zone 3 (high risk). Mobile homes intended for permanent residential occupation are categorised as a 'Highly Vulnerable' form of development in the Technical Guidance to the National Planning Policy Framework (March 2012) (Table 2). The aforementioned technical guidance (which is an expression of central government policy) states that 'Highly Vulnerable' uses should not be permitted in Flood Zone 3 (Table 1 and 3). The application is contrary to the NPPF and its technical guidance note as well as Policy D1 of the Sedgemoor District Core Strategy. It has not been demonstrated that a decision contrary to government policy, as set out in the NPPF and its technical guidance, is warranted.

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