®Planning appeal decision
Coach And Horses Hotel, A356 From Junction Lechers Lane East Through Village To Old Post Office, South Perrott, Dorset, DT8 3HS
convert part of hotel (C1) into one private dwellinghouse (C3), relocate the existing managers flat as a two storey managers dwelling within the hotel. Erect storage extension to the east elevation and carry out fenestration changes. Extend existing drive to the rear to create access, parking and residential garden for one dwelling-Riverview Cottage. Form emergency pedestrian exit in the north boundary wall
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether it has been adequately demonstrated that the tourist function of the nine-bedroom hotel was no longer viable
- whether the development would provide a suitable location for housing, having regard to the accessibility of services and facilities
What decided it
The failure to adequately demonstrate that the nine-bedroom hotel was no longer viable, combined with the unsuitable location of Riverview Cottage in open countryside with poor accessibility to services and facilities, meant the development conflicted with the development plan and no material considerations of sufficient weight justified approval.
Even if the tilted balance at paragraph 11 of the Framework were engaged, the adverse impacts of granting planning permission would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the benefits, and the material considerations did not indicate a decision other than in accordance with the development plan
Framework references: 80, 11
Plan policies cited: Policy ECON6, Policy INT1, Policy SUS2, Policy HOUS6, Policy SUS4
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.