A planning inspector will decide whether almost 600 homes, a primary school, community hub and shops can be built on high-quality farmland on the edge of Thornbury.
Developers Barwood Development Securities has launched an appeal after South Gloucestershire Council failed to determine its “speculative” application in time, which took the decision out of the local authority’s hands.
But the council has pledged to fight the appeal at a public inquiry, starting in March, after a planning committee resolved on Thursday, January 20, that it would have refused consent had it still had the power to do so.
