®Planning appeal decision
Fishlake Cottage , Great Bridge Road, ROMSEY, SO51 0HB
a change of use from open storage and as a builder’s yard to residential use, erection of 2no. four-bedroom houses with associated parking and landscaping
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Praine N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The principle of the proposed development having regard to its location outside the settlement boundary as defined in the development plan
- Whether sufficient information has been presented to demonstrate the proposed development would not harm the economic development needs of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposed development on flood risk with particular reference to the Exception Test
What decided it
The cumulative weight of substantial harm from loss of employment use, unacceptable harm to character and appearance, failure of the flood risk Exception Test, and conflict with the spatial strategy of the development plan was not outweighed by the modest benefits of two additional dwellings on a previously developed site.
Framework references: 164
Plan policies cited: Policy COM2, Policy LE10, Policy LE10b, Policy E2, Policy E7
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