Row Hill Barns, Walsingham Road, Hindringham, NR21 0BT

conversion of agricultural building to dwelling (part retrospective)

Authority: North Norfolk District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Spencer D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal proposal would comprise the conversion of an existing rural building
Whether the site would be a suitable location for residential development having regard to the development plan and national planning policy

What decided it

The high environmental performance of the proposal and the planning history of partial implementation of an extant prior approval scheme, taken cumulatively with the opportunity to enhance the site's appearance, outweighed the conflict with development plan policies on conversion and isolated dwellings in the countryside.

The conflict with development plan policies on conversion and isolated dwellings was outweighed by the cumulative material considerations of high environmental performance, planning history of the site, self-build status, and opportunity to enhance the site's character and appearance through landscaping and biodiversity improvements.

Framework references: 80, 130, 152, 62, 56

Plan policies cited: Policy HO9, Policy SS1, Policy SS2

Judgments cited: Hibbitt

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