®Planning appeal decision
Barlands Cottage, Land west of the B4214, Bosbury, HR8 1HB
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.
Framework references: 80, 219, 54
Plan policies cited: Policy RA2, Policy RA3, Policy RA5, Policy SS1
Judgments cited: Braintree DC v SSCLG, Greyread Ltd & Granville Developments Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 610; Bramshill Ltd v SSHCLG [2021] EWCA Civ 320
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.