®Planning appeal decision
Glenmore Farm Cooks Hill, Wick, PERSHORE, WR10 3PA
conversion of redundant brick-built barn into a 3-bed dwelling
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Marigold O
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is suitable for the proposal, including in respect of the proposed extension, its accessibility to services and facilities, and the potential for non-residential uses of the building
- Whether the appeal building is a non-designated heritage asset and if so the effect of the proposal on this
- Whether the proposal makes adequate provision for affordable housing
What decided it
The proposal's substantial extension would exceed the scope of development permitted by Policy SWDP12 for residential conversion of agricultural buildings, and the appellant's failure to demonstrate the unviability of non-residential uses meant the proposal conflicted with the development plan as a whole, with the minor housing benefits insufficient to outweigh these harms.
The adverse impacts of granting permission, comprising conflicts with Policies SWDP2, SWDP4 and SWDP12, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of providing a single additional dwelling and associated social and economic contributions, when assessed against the Framework and the development plan as a whole.
Framework references: 11, 80
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP2, Policy SWDP4, Policy SWDP12, Policy SWDP15, Policy SWDP1, Policy SWDP7, Policy SWDP39, Policy SWDPR24
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.