Cottismore Garden Centre, Newbury Road, Kingsclere, RG20 4SY

Planning appeal 3264050 at Cottismore Garden Centre, Newbury Road, Kingsclere, RG20 4SY (Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 July 2021 by Inspector Edwards S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the landscape character and appearance of the area and the outlook from the neighbouring properties known as Crookfur Cottage and Dukes House.

Change of use from a garden centre to a secure storage for hire facility using up to 195 mobile shipping containers, with 2.4m high gated access, 1.8m high security fencing and boundary screening

Authority: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: employment-industrial · Change of use
Inspector: Edwards S
Postcode: RG20 4SY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on the landscape character and appearance of the area and the outlook from the neighbouring properties known as Crookfur Cottage and Dukes House
highway safety

What decided it

The significant and long-lasting harm to landscape character, appearance and neighbouring residents' outlook, combined with unacceptable highway safety risks, outweighed the limited benefits of supporting the rural economy and bringing previously developed land back into use.

the benefits of supporting the rural economy and bringing previously developed land back into use were outweighed by the significant, long-lasting harm to landscape character and appearance and the compromise to highway safety

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy EP1Policy EP4Policy EM1Policy EM10Policy CN9Policy K6
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 127Paragraph 109

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