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

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

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.

Framework references: 8

Plan policies cited: Policy SP19, Policy SP46, Policy DP48, Policy DP49, Policy DP2, Policy SP17, Paragraph 8.22

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