Grandmas, Ruscombe Road, Whiteshill, STROUD, GL6 6BX

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Authority: Stroud District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Cuthbert L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposed development would harm the character and appearance of the area, including whether it would conserve or enhance the scenic beauty of the landscape within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
whether the proposal would preserve the setting of the Grade II listed building known as the United Reform Church
the effect of the development on highway safety, with specific regard to access

What decided it

The proposal would create an incongruous gap in the continuous dry stone wall, a distinctive landscape feature of the AONB, and would fail to achieve required visibility sightlines for safe highway access.

Framework references: 176, 202, 110, 111

Plan policies cited: Policy HC8, Policy CP14, Policy LC1, Policy ES7, Policy ES10, Policy BE3, Policy CP13, Policy TC1

Read the decision letter on the Inspectorate’s site

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What an account adds

Draw a red line around your site and the appraisal follows.

Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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Every English appeal since 2016, with the letter behind it wherever the Inspectorate published one. Searched by meaning as well as by words, with the key case law counted live across the letters.

Casework that chases the deadlines. Applications, appeals and conditions with their statutory dates.

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