®Planning appeal decision
Barns South of Longford, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9RY
Planning appeal 3301268 at Barns South of Longford, Kingsland, Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 9RY (Herefordshire Council) was dismissed on 17 February 2023 by Inspector Conde L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site would provide a suitable location for the proposal with regard to the Council's spatial strategy for development.
Proposed conversion of three agricultural buildings to form two dwellings and garaging with associated landscaping and infrastructure
- Authority
- Herefordshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Conde L
- Postcode
- HR6 9RY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site would provide a suitable location for the proposal with regard to the Council's spatial strategy for development
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the Kingsland Conservation Area
What decided it
The proposed works to the barns would constitute major reconstruction rather than conversion without major reconstruction as required by Policy RA5, placing the development outside the exceptions to the spatial strategy for rural development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RA2Policy RA3Policy RA5Policy SS6Policy LD1Policy LD4Policy SS1Policy KNDP2Policy KNDP1Policy KNDP4Policy KNDP5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80
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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