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Published:
June 25, 2008
Exclusive:
Badgers halt plans for five new homes in Burnham-On-Sea
 Plans
to build five new homes in the centre of Burnham-On-Sea have been
halted by a sett of badgers.
Sedgemoor
District Council's planners have this week turned down an application
to build five dwellings on land at 13 Rectory Road due largely
to badgers living in the area.
Case
officer Colin Arnold explained to Burnham-On-Sea.com: "It
has been identified that there are badgers setts within or near
the proposed site."
"In
the absence of a qualified badger study and mitigation measures,
the local planning authority are unable to assess the effect -
if any - that the proposal would have on the local badger population.
Therefore, the proposal is contrary to the policy of the Sedgemoor
District Local Plan."
He
added that the scheme would also have represented a "gross
over-development" for the area, stating: "Rectory Road
is characterised by large detached properties usually with large
garden areas. The proposed twelve units of accommodation does
not reflect or respect this existing character and would represent
a gross over-development."
The
council had also expressed concerns about a loss of privacy and
overlooking issues arising from the proposed new development.
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