®Planning appeal decision
The Dairy, Packridge Farm Packridge Lane, Romsey, SO51 9LL
Planning appeal 3308397 at The Dairy, Packridge Farm Packridge Lane, Romsey, SO51 9LL (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 August 2023 by Inspector Rogers J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition restricting occupation of the building to residential use ancillary to Packridge Farm is reasonable or necessary having regard to local and national planning policies on the location of housing.
the erection of a single storey detached building to provide guest accommodation without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref TVS.01167/7, dated 12 July 2001
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Rogers J
- Postcode
- SO51 9LL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition restricting occupation of the building to residential use ancillary to Packridge Farm is reasonable or necessary having regard to local and national planning policies on the location of housing
What decided it
The creation of a separate dwelling in the countryside conflicts with Policy COM2 of the Local Plan, which strictly controls development outside settlement boundaries, and the original occupancy condition remains reasonable and necessary to prevent this outcome.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy COM2Policy LE18Policy LE16
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 5
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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