®Planning appeal decision
Barlands Cottage, Land West of the B4214, Bosbury, HR8 1HB
Planning appeal 3308448 at Barlands Cottage, Land West of the B4214, Bosbury, HR8 1HB (Herefordshire Council) was allowed on 24 July 2023 by Inspector Thandi B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether or not the existing structure on the appeal site constitutes a dwelling.
renovation and repair of the existing cottage building to a functional residential dwelling and the addition of a single storey side extensi on with associated car parking, landscaping and access track
- Authority
- Herefordshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thandi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether or not the existing structure on the appeal site constitutes a dwelling
- Whether the proposed development would be a suitable location for new housing having regard to local and national planning policies
- Whether the proposal would represent an appropriate means of conserving Barlands Cottage as a non-designated heritage asset
What decided it
The proposal represents an isolated new home in the countryside meeting paragraph 80(b) of the NPPF as the optimal viable use of a heritage asset, and the presumption in favour of sustainable development outweighs the conflict with the development plan.
The conflict with development plan policies SS1, RA2, RA3 and RA5 was given limited weight, and the significant benefits of housing supply and conservation of a non-designated heritage asset, together with the presumption in favour of sustainable development under paragraph 80 of the NPPF, outweighed the adverse impacts.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RA2Policy RA3Policy RA5Policy SS1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 80Paragraph 219Paragraph 54
- Judgments
- Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610; Bramshill Ltd v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ 320
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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