The Bartons, Stockland Bristol, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2PY

erection of detached garage/tractor store with first floor ancillary accommodation

Authority: Sedgemoor District Council *
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Rose C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would be ancillary to the existing dwelling or form a separate dwelling, and if it were to be regarded as a separate dwelling, whether the proposal represents an appropriate location for housing having regard to the spatial strategy within the development plan
The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with regard to privacy

What decided it

The proposal conflicts with the development plan spatial strategy by introducing a new dwelling in an inappropriate countryside location and would cause unacceptable harm to neighbouring living conditions through loss of privacy.

Plan policies cited: Policy D12, Policy CO1, Policy D2, Policy D25

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