50 homes at Land East Of Marshfield And South Of A420, Marshfield
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by South Gloucestershire Spatial Planning Committee on 30 Jul 2026.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
Local planning context
The site was removed from the emerging Local Plan submission, while the Council supported delivering local homes through the Community Land Trust.
“The application is contrary to the Marshfield Housing Statement, which supports Community Led housing and small-scale incremental development. • The site is not allocated in the emerging Local Plan. • Between the Regulation 18 and Regulation 19 stages, a proposed allocation was removed and the Council supported ‘prioritisation of local homes being delivered through the Community Land Trust.”
Minutes
The vote
A motion to refuse planning permission was seconded and carried by five votes to none, with one abstention.
“27 Councillor Matthew Riddle moved that planning permission be refused for the following reasons:”
“The motion was seconded by Councillor Raj Sood.”
Minutes
The decision
Planning permission was refused because of Green Belt development, highway safety, an unsustainable location, agricultural land uncertainty and inadequate infrastructure.
“28 RESOLVED that planning permission be refused for the following reasons:”
“The proposed development represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt. No Very Special Circumstances have been demonstrated. The development would be in an unsustainable location and therefore it does not comply with paragraph 155 of the NPPF.”
Minutes
The members' reasons
The resolution gives these reasons:
Minutes
- The proposed development would result in additional traffic on Chippenham Road in front of the primary school. This would result in a severe adverse impact to highway safety. This is contrary to Policy CS8 of the South Gloucestershire Local Plan: Core Strategy (adopted December
Source: the council's minutes, quoted word for word.
Councillors at the meeting
- Adrian RushLib Dem
- Julie SnellingLabour
- Raj SoodLib Dem
- Carol StrangeConservative
- April BegleySubstitute for Katie CooperLabour
- Matthew RiddleSubstitute for Sam BromileyConservative
Apologies Samuel Bromiley Conservative, Katie Cooper Labour, Trevor Jones Conservative
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- South Gloucestershire Spatial Planning Committee minutes, 30 July 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of South Gloucestershire's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Date
- Thursday 30 July 2026
- Committee decided
- Refused
- Vote
- 5 for refusal, 0 against, 1 abstained
- Councillors
- 6Conservative 2Labour 2Lib Dem 2Show councillors
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
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Source: Plota analysis of the minutes.