Land at Headley Common Farm, Common Road, Headley, Thatcham, RG19 8LT

Application for permission in principle for the residential development of 1 no. dwelling

Authority: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Conde L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether permission in principle should be granted bearing in mind the effects of the proposal's location, land use and amount of development on the setting of the Grade II Listed Headley Common Farmhouse
Whether permission in principle should be granted bearing in mind the effects of the proposal's location, land use and amount of development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The arrangement of the redline to exclude the entire paddock, thereby maintaining significant undeveloped land around the listed Farmhouse and enabling a dwelling to be sited without materially harming the setting of the listed building or the character and appearance of the area.

Plan policies cited: Policy EM11, Policy EM1, Policy HA, Policy L1

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