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Land At Westerleigh Road Pucklechurch South Gloucestershire

P25/02734/FFull PlanningRefused
Full

Refused on 23 January 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use of land from keeping of horses to C3 dwellinghouses, the erection of an outbuilding to form double garage and home office.

Received
25 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Boyd Valley
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Land At Westerleigh Road Pucklechurch South Gloucestershire. South Gloucestershire has handled 6,054 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than South Gloucestershire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 149 applications across Boyd Valley.

83% of full applications at South Gloucestershire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. The erection of the outbuilding would not meet any of the exceptions detailed in paragraph 154 of the NPPF so would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt, which by definition is harmful to the Green Belt and should not be approved except in very special circumstances. In this instance, no special circumstances have been presented. The proposed development is therefore contrary to the provisions of the NPPF, policy CS34 of the South Gloucestershire Local Development Plan: Core Strategy (adopted 2013) and policy PSP7 of the South Gloucestershire Local Development Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (adopted 2017).
  2. The proposed height, form, massing and layout of the outbuilding would fail to respond appropriately to its siting and context, resulting in a standard of deisgn that falls significantly short of that required by policy CS1 of the South Gloucestershire Local Development Plan: Core Strategy (adopted 2013) and policy PSP38 of the South Gloucestershire Local Development Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (adopted 2017).
  3. The proximity of the proposed outbuilding to the boundary hedgerow, without any protections or method statements that may mitigate the impact of the construction works, poses an unacceptable risk to its continued health and lifespan and is contrary to Policies PSP2 and PSP3 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (Adopted 2017)
  4. The application site is in an area with potential for habitation by great crested newts and insufficient supporting information has been provided to ensure no harm to these protected species would occur as a result of the proposed development, contrary to the requirements of Policy CS9 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Core Strategy (Adopted 2013) and policy PSP19 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Policies, Sites and Places Plan (Adopted 2017). PPS: IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 35 OF THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE) ORDER 2015.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Planning
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Pucklechurch Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025
Last date for comments
3 January 2026
Target decision date
23 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
59 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14304289
Documents
9
Constraints
44

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: South Gloucestershire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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