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Detail from a drawing showing the proposed new site access point
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n appeal has been lodged against the local planning authority’s decision to refuse permission for the creation of a new vehicular access point directly off Hatchet Road into the site of the former Co-operative food store near Parkway Station. The controversial planning application was thrown out by members of South Glos Council’s Development Management Committee back in February, despite the council’s professional planning officers recommending that it be approved. A government-appointed planning inspector will now determine the case using the ‘written representations’ procedure (as opposed to a public hearing) Agents acting for the applicant, Danolly Limited, have submitted their ‘statement of case’ and the appeal procedure officially commenced on 15th June, when
all interested parties, including those who had previously commented on the planning application, were notified. South Glos Council has been given until 20th July to submit its own ‘statement of case’. Other interested parties who wish to make representations must do so by the same date. The planning inspector will then allow the applicant a further two weeks to submit their final comments. The applicant has claimed that a “lack of direct vehicular access from Hatchet Road” was the primary reason for the Co-op choosing not to extend its lease in January 2020 (when the store closed) and that its provision is “imperative to facilitate the ongoing occupation of the site for retail uses”. Commenting on an earlier planning application that was subsequently withdrawn, the
Timeline of planning application 14th May 2020
Applicant Danolly Limited submits first planning application (P20/08482/F)
6th July 2020
Planning application withdrawn by applicant after attracting over 40 objections
27th October 2020
Applicant Danolly Limited submits second planning application (P20/21170/F)
8th January 2021
SGC case officer recommends approval
15th January 2021
Application is successfully ‘called in’ by councillors for determination at committee
18th February 2021
SGC’s Development Management Committee votes 7:0:2 to refuse permission
2nd June 2021
Applicant Danolly Limited lodges an appeal against the refusal of permission
15th June 2021
Planning inspector assigned to case and appeal timeline commences
20th July 2021
Deadline for submission to planning inspector of further written representations
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