Planning appeal decision
Barn Springs Clatford Lodge, Anna Valley, Andover, SP11 7DL
Planning appeal 3296158 at Barn Springs Clatford Lodge, Anna Valley, Andover, SP11 7DL (Test Valley Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 8 December 2023 by Inspector Fagan N, following a hearing.
Without planning permission, (a) the making of a material change in use of land to a residential use and, (b) the carrying out of associated building operations involving:- (i) The alteration and extension of a building to form a dwellinghouse, (ii) The erection of seven outbuildings, (iii) The erection of fences and gates, (iv) The erection of a retaining wall, (v) The installation of external cladding, (vi) The formation of hard surfacing, (vii) The installation of timber sleepers, [and] (viii) The installation of a biodigester
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Fagan N
- Postcode
- SP11 7DL
What decided it
The unauthorised residential use conflicted with Policies COM2, COM10, LE16 and E3 and with the development plan as a whole, and no lawful fallback residential or storage use had been established.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- COM2COM10E3LE16
- Judgments
- Murfitt v SSE (1980) JPL 598; Somak Travel v SSE (1987) JPL 630
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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