Planning appeal decision
Wood View, Crawley Hill, West Wellow, SO51 6AP
Planning appeal 3322583 at Wood View, Crawley Hill, West Wellow, SO51 6AP (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 October 2023 by Inspector Perrins N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal offers a suitable location for the development, with particular regard to whether a separate and independent dwelling would be created.
for a detached annexe (retrospective) at Wood View, Crawley Hill, West Wellow, Romsey SO51 6AP
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Perrins N
- Postcode
- SO51 6AP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal offers a suitable location for the development, with particular regard to whether a separate and independent dwelling would be created
What decided it
The appeal proposal, by virtue of its size and self-contained facilities, would result in the creation of a separate dwelling rather than ancillary accommodation as required by Policy COM11, and the appellants failed to demonstrate it would remain incidental to the main dwelling in the long term.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy COM2Policy COM11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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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