Planning appeal decision
Stable Block on Land to the North-West of Bolton Lane, Hose, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 4LA
Planning appeal 3295113 at Stable Block on Land to the North-West of Bolton Lane, Hose, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 4LA (Melton Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 September 2022 by Inspector Radcliffe I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the location of the proposed development would be in accordance with the development plan.
the conversion and change of use of redundant stable block to 1 bed dwelling
- Authority
- Melton Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Radcliffe I
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the location of the proposed development would be in accordance with the development plan
What decided it
The proposal's location outside the Limits to Development and failure to comply with the Neighbourhood Plan's spatial strategy, which focuses development within or directly adjacent to settlement boundaries, demonstrably harmed the development plan's overall spatial strategy despite compliance with higher-level Local Plan policies.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- SS1SS2SS3H3H4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 219Paragraph 78Paragraph 79Paragraph 80Paragraph 119Paragraph 120
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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