Project Overview

The scheme involves the development of a greenfield site which lies between existing properties and seeks to deliver new dwellings, including affordable homes, within Old Sodbury – a settlement that has had extremely limited development over the last 30 years. The development involves the provision of 35 new homes (including affordable housing) and public open space, as well as a new formal footpath link through the site.

Our Role

We coordinated and led the detailed planning application on behalf of the client and, following its refusal by officers at South Gloucestershire Council, pursued an appeal via an Inquiry process. In partnership with No5 Chambers and our team of consultants, we prepared evidence on five-year housing land supply, planning balance and highways/sustainable transport. 



During the process, the Council conceded that settlement boundaries were out-of-date, a new Local Plan would not be in place for some time, and that the site complied with their sustainable transport policy PSP11. In light of this significant change of position, it was agreed at the end of the Inquiry that the LPA would withdraw their evidence from the appeal and that the site should be granted planning permission.