Land Rear of Lilac House, The Street, Draycott, Cheddar, BS27 3TH

Planning appeal 3313125 at Land Rear of Lilac House, The Street, Draycott, Cheddar, BS27 3TH (Mendip District Council *) was dismissed on 18 July 2023 by Inspector Evans J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

to replace detached outbuilding used as therapy studio and residential bedsit with dwellinghouse

Authority: Mendip District Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Evans J
Postcode: BS27 3TH

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
Whether the proposal would afford future occupiers acceptable living conditions, with particular regard to outdoor amenity space and outlook

What decided it

The significant harm to character and appearance combined with unacceptable living conditions for future occupiers substantially and demonstrably outweighs the benefits of housing delivery, even under the tilted balance of paragraph 11(d) of the Framework.

The benefits of providing an additional dwelling and associated social and economic benefits were substantially and demonstrably outweighed by significant environmental and social harms to character and appearance and living conditions, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DP1Policy DP7Policy CP1Policy CP2
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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