Planning appeal decision
Land and Premises Known As Grosvenor Hotel, High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6EU
Planning appeal 3321192 at Land and Premises Known As Grosvenor Hotel, High Street, Stockbridge, Hampshire, SO20 6EU (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 20 June 2024 by Inspector Dignan P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the setting of the Grosvenor Hotel and nearby listed buildings and on the character or appearance of the conservation area.
Construction of a wooden framed building with a corrugated metal sheet roof (pergola clad and roofed with open-sided extension for outside dining)
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Dignan P
- Postcode
- SO20 6EU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the setting of the Grosvenor Hotel and nearby listed buildings and on the character or appearance of the conservation area
What decided it
The less than substantial but significant harm to the setting of the listed buildings and the conservation area, with no public benefits to justify that harm, outweighed any other considerations.
Less than substantial harm to heritage assets must be given significant weight; in the absence of material considerations or public benefits to outweigh the development plan conflict and heritage harm, the appeal was dismissed
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy E1Policy E2Policy E9
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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