Land at Woodcutters Cottage, Crabbswood Lane, Sway, SO41 6EQ

Planning appeal 3265733 at Land at Woodcutters Cottage, Crabbswood Lane, Sway, SO41 6EQ (New Forest) was dismissed on 19 August 2021 by Inspector Symons G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for a dwelling, having regard to the prevailing development plan policies.

Without planning permission, the material change of use of an outbuilding shown in the approximate position shaded blue on the plan attached to this Notice to an independent unit of residential accommodation (C3 dwelling) known as Woodcutters Lodge

Authority: New Forest
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Symons G
Postcode: SO41 6EQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site is an appropriate location for a dwelling, having regard to the prevailing development plan policies

What decided it

The appellant failed to prove on the balance of probability that the change of use to C3 dwelling occurred by the material date and subsisted substantially uninterrupted, and the proposal conflicts with development plan policies for residential uses outside defined villages in an unsustainable location.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP19Policy SP46Policy DP48Policy DP49Policy DP2Policy SP17Paragraph 8.22
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 8

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