®Planning appeal decision
The Bell Public House, The Bury, Odiham, HOOK, RG29 1LY
change of use of public house to form two dwellings with associated single storey side extensions, demolition and internal and external alterations
- Authority
- Hart District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Jackson P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the pub has been adequately marketed and whether it would be likely to be financially viable in the future
- Whether car parking would be adequate
- The effect on the architectural character and historic interest of the building, which is listed at Grade II
What decided it
The realistic prospect of the pub being retained and run as a viable community enterprise, combined with the greater heritage harm that residential conversion would cause, outweighed the limited benefit of providing two additional dwellings.
The public benefit of retaining the public house use and the distinctly higher level of less-than-substantial heritage harm from residential conversion outweighed the limited benefit of a net increase of two dwellings.
Framework references: 84, 93
Plan policies cited: LP policy INF5, LP policy INF3, LP policy NBE8, HLP saved policy GEN1, NP policy 13, NP policy 6
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.