Planning applications

Land at Farleigh Farm Backwell planning inquiry

A public inquiry against our decision to refuse planning application 21/P/1766/OUT for the development of Land at Farleigh Farm and 54 and 56 Farleigh Road, Backwell will open on Tuesday 15 March 2022. Documents relating to the inquiry are available to view on this page.

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Core document library

core documents list - Farleigh Farm, Backwell [100.87 KB]

Section A - planning application documents (as submitted originally)

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A1 - application form and ownership certificates [334.62 KB]

A2 - covering letter [808.01 KB]

A3 - planning statement (including affordable housing statement) [6.61 MB]

A4 - design and access statement [62.42 MB]

A5 - statement of community involvement [4.81 MB]

A6 - transport assessment [18.47 MB]

A7 - residential travel plan [8.4 MB]

A8 - flood risk assessment and drainage strategy [13.29 MB]

A9 - ecological impact assessment [3.22 MB]

A10 - landscape and visual impact assessment [5.5 MB]

A11 - tree survey arboricultural constraints report [5.31 MB]

A12 - archaeology and heritage statement [19.95 MB]

A13 - utilities search report [815.61 KB]

A14 - utilities capacity analysis [6.48 MB]

A15 - energy statement [902.61 KB]

A16 - preliminary land contamination and geotechnical risk assessment and appendices A-C [8.25 MB]

A17 - agricultural considerations report [1.31 MB]

A18 - site location plan [173.17 KB]

A19 - indicative framework masterplan [50.76 MB]

A20 - indicative landscape masterplan [1.24 MB]

A21 - proposed access plan [827.63 KB]

A22 - proposed pedestrian crossing [962.41 KB]

A23 - indicative traffic calming scheme [997.93 KB]

Section B - planning application documents (additional drawings and consultation responses)

B1 - land budget parameter plan (drawing no. edp6976_d004) [135.32 KB]

B2 - density parameter plan (drawing no. edp6976_d006) [136.6 KB]

B3 - height and scale parameter plan (drawing no. edp6976_d007) [141.38 KB]

B4 - access and movement parameter plan (drawing no. edp6976_d008) [186.52 KB]

B5 - proposed access plan (drawing no. P706/13) [1.28 MB]

B6 - consultation response – Conservation Officer [234.26 KB]

B7 - consultation response – Archaeologist [168.07 KB]

B8 - consultation response – Natural England [314.32 KB]

B9 - consultation response – Neighbourhood Policing Support Team [91.65 KB]

B10 - consultation response – Flood Risk Management [112.95 KB]

B11 - consultation response – Backwell Residents Association [220.94 KB]

B12 - consultation response – Landscape [179.62 KB]

B13 - consultation response – Tree Officer [110.86 KB]

B14 - consultation response – Highways [152.04 KB]

B15 - consultation response – Housing Development Officer [194.21 KB]

B16 - consultation response – Tree Officer [159.56 KB]

B17 - consultation response – Flood Risk Management [319.33 KB]

B18 - Backwell Parish Council consultation comment [100.92 KB]

Section C - officer report and decision notice

C1 - delegated officer report for application 21/P/1766/OUT [240.53 KB]

C2 - decision notice (refusal) for application 21/P/1766/OUT [121.92 KB]

C3 - notice of screening decision for application 21/P/1167/EA1 [101.25 KB]

Section D - appeal documents

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D1 - appellant statement of case [6.6 MB]

D2 - NSC statement of case [228.83 KB]

D3 - Backwell Parish Council and Residents’ Association representations [1.79 MB]

D4 - arboricultural method statement - third draft [3.78 MB]

D5 - drainage layout drawing 1 of 2 - NPS-ZZ-00-DR-C-060 Rev. P04 [1.54 MB]

D6 - drainage layout drawing 2 of 2 - NPS-ZZ-00-DR-C-061 Rev. P05 [1.53 MB]

D7 - attenuation basin [136.6 KB]

D8 - appellant response to LLFA refusal [301.11 KB]

D9 - LLFA response to appellant [318.84 KB]

Section E - previous planning application / appeal scheme (LPA reference 15/P/0315/O)

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E3 - site location plan (drawing no. 500-03) [189.6 KB]

E4 - concept masterplan (drawing no. 500-002_02) [592.49 KB]

E18 - revised design and access statement [4.82 MB]

E42 - officer’s delegated report [259.14 KB]

E43 - decision notice [67.32 KB]

E58 - Secretary of State decision [865.96 KB]

Section F - National policy, guidance and ministerial statements

F1 - National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) [552.81 KB]

F2 - Planning Practice Guidance - relevant extracts (GOV.UK website)

F3 - national design guide [10.47 MB]

F4 - national model design code [6.72 MB]

Section G - development plan documents and associated reports

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G1 - North Somerset Core Strategy [8.07 MB]

G2 - sites and policies plan part 1 - development management policies [1.76 MB]

G3 - sites and policies plan part 2 - site allocations plan [5.17 MB]

G4 - Backwell Neighbourhood Plan [1.33 MB]

G5 - inspector’s report on the examination of sites and policies plan part 2 [289.21 KB]

G6 - site allocations plan background paper – local green space [1.17 MB]

G7 - North Somerset inspector's report – core strategy [290.87 KB]

G8 - biodiversity and trees SPD [1.18 MB]

G9 - creating sustainable buildings and places SPD [7.2 MB]

G10 - parking standards SPD [1.6 MB]

G11 - residential design guide SPD [1.08 MB]

G12 - Backwell Neighbourhood Plan pre-examination version [5.17 MB]

G13 - inspector’s report on the examination into policy CS13 and supporting [285.28 KB]

G14 - inspector’s letter – joint spatial plan [206.52 KB]

G15 - NSC report to Full Council regarding JSP [96.61 KB]

Section H - emerging plan documents

H1 - North Somerset Local Plan 2038 – preferred options consultation draft [1.63 MB]

H2 - North Somerset Local Plan 2038 – report to the executive committee [289.55 KB]

H3 - SHLAA extract for appeal site [151.38 KB]

H4 - NSC spatial strategy and capacity paper [797.05 KB]

Section I - policy and other documents relating to housing and housing need

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I1 - housing delivery test action plan [824.27 KB]

I2 - SHLAA second interim report [442.01 KB]

I3 - five year housing land supply initial findings statement [304.34 KB]

I4 - housing trajectory [408.07 KB]

I5 - residential land survey headline findings [678.21 KB]

I6 - housing requirement paper [201.73 KB]

I7 - annual monitoring report [1.7 MB]

I8 - SHLAA main report [458.41 KB]

I9 - small sites with consent – appendix NR2 of council’s housing land [559.63 KB]

I10 - deliverability evidence proformas – appendix NR3 of council’s housing land supply evidence of appeal 3285343 [4.53 MB]

I11 - affordable housing SPD [497.06 KB]

I12 - North Somerset Corporate Plan 2020-2024 [2.16 MB]

I13 - housing strategy 2016-2021 [802.49 KB]

I14 - draft housing strategy 2022-2027 [302.84 KB]

I15 - North Somerset preventing homelessness strategy 2017-2022 [381.68 KB]

I16 - North Somerset sustainable community strategy 2008-2026 [1.02 MB]

I17 - strategic housing market assessment [830.71 KB]

I18 - West of England local housing needs assessment [4.65 MB]

I19 - denied the right to a safe home - exposing the housing emergency [3.68 MB]

I20 - fixing our broken housing market [3.82 MB]

Section J - other appeal decisions

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J1 - land off Purn Way, Weston-super-Mare [194.55 KB]

J2 - land east of Park Lane, Coalpit Heath [441.33 KB]

J3 - land off Hepworth Road, Woodville [394.86 KB]

J4 - land off Darnhall School Lane, Winsford [1.07 MB]

J5 - land at Pear Tree Lane, Euxton [974.87 KB]

J6 - land at Church Lane, Whittington [127.6 KB]

J7 - land behind 31-33 The Causeway, Steventon [213.8 KB]

J8 - land off Bullens Green Lane, Colney Heath [360.03 KB]

J9 - Hanging Lane, Birmingham [1.25 MB]

J10 - Woolpit, Suffolk [312.3 KB]

J11 - Sonning Common, Oxfordshire [465.76 KB]

J12 - Brereton Heath, Cheshire [945.17 KB]

J13 - Old Crawley Road, Horsham [285 KB]

J14 - land off Purn Way, Weston-super-Mare [194.55 KB]

J15 - land at Bleadon Hill, Weston-super-Mare [239.52 KB]

J16 - land at Bleadon, North Somerset [334.39 KB]

J17 - Youngwood Lane and Netherton Wood Lane, Nailsea [217.8 KB]

J18 - former Weston Trade Centre, Banwell [280.33 KB]

J19 - Thames Farm, Reading Road, Shiplake [300.86 KB]

J20 - Reading Road, Lower Shiplake [376.97 KB]

J21 - Lostwood, Bypass, Langford [132.88 KB]

J22 - Elm Grove Nursery, Locking [192.99 KB]

J23 - land east of Brinsea Road, Congresbury [238.94 KB]

J24 - Weston Business Park, Laney's Drove decision [433.46 KB]

J25 - land at Farleigh Fields, Backwell [37.6 MB]

J26 - Oving Road, Chichester [1.04 MB]

J27 - former Dylon International Premises, Bromley [225.74 KB]

J28 - Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley [2.58 MB]

J29 - Scot Elm Drive, Weston super Mare [1.02 MB]

J30 - land north of Oldmixon Road, Weston super Mare [397.25 KB]

J31 - Pulley Lane, Droitwich Spa [3.14 MB]

J32 - land to the North East of Broad Piece, Soham [196.62 KB]

Section K - Supreme Court and High Court judgements

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K1 - Supreme Court Suffolk Coastal District Council (Appellant) v Hopkins [296.47 KB]

K2 - High Court R on the Application of East Bergholt Parish Council v Babergh District Council 2019 EWCA Civ 2200 – C120190140 [452.55 KB]

K3 - High Court Hallam Land Management Ltd v Secretary of State for Communities And Local Government Eastleigh Borough Council 2018 EWCA Civ 1808 – C12017333 [269.53 KB]

K4 - Wavendon Properties Ltd and SoS for Housing Communities and Local Government and Milton Keynes Council 2019 EWHC 1534 Admin – CO2002019 [1.47 MB]

K5 - Court of Appeal Peel Investments North Ltd v SoS CHLG 2020 EWCA Civ 1175 [432.86 KB]

K6 - High Court Bloor Homes East Midlands Ltd v SoS CHLG 2014 EWHC 754 Admin [562.62 KB]

K7 - Court of Appeal Corbett v Cornwall Council 2020 EWCA Civ 508 [904.17 KB]

Section L - landscape documents

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L1 - National Character Area Profile Bristol, Avon Valleys and Ridges [296.47 KB]

L2 - Landscape Character Assessment SPD [43.76 MB]

L3 - Landscape Sensitivity Assessment [19.05 MB]

L4 - Landscape Institute TGN 02-21 Assessing Landscape Value Outside Designated Areas [1.27 MB]