®Planning appeal decision
Land at 10 Kings Hill, Beech, ALTON, GU34 4AL
without planning permission, the material change of use from agriculture to residential and the erection of a building for residential purposes
- Authority
- East Hampshire District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Hawkins S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the building is a suitable form of development in the countryside, having regard to the Development Plan and the Framework
- The effect on the character and appearance of the surrounding countryside
- If there is conflict with the Development Plan and the Framework, whether this is outweighed by other considerations
What decided it
The building is not a suitable form of development in the countryside contrary to the Development Plan spatial strategy and causes unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the surrounding countryside, which cannot be outweighed by the personal circumstances of the occupier.
The personal circumstances of the building's occupier weighed slightly in favour of granting permission, but this was outweighed by the building's unsuitability as countryside development, the unacceptable harm to character and appearance, and the conflict with the Development Plan and Framework.
Framework references: 8, 56, 80
Plan policies cited: Policy CP19, Policy CP10, Policy CP14, Policy CP12, Policy CP20, Policy CP29, Policy H14, Policy BPC02, Policy BPC06
Judgments cited: Cardiff Rating Authority v Guest Keens [1949] 1 KB 385; Skerritts of Nottingham Ltd v SSTER (No 2) [2000] 2 PLR 102; Measor v SSETR & Tunbridge Wells DC [1999] JPL 182; R (aoa Save Woolley Valley Action Group Ltd) v Bath and North East Somerset Council [2012] EWHC 2161 (Admin)
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