Planning appeal decision
The Warehouse, Builders Yard, Longfurlong Lane, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8TJ
Planning appeal 3322844 at The Warehouse, Builders Yard, Longfurlong Lane, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8TJ (Cotswold District Council) was allowed on 9 January 2024 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the appeal site is in an appropriate location for a dwelling, having regard to national planning policy.
conversion of a commercial warehouse and premises into residential dwelling
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pickernell E
- Postcode
- GL8 8TJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the appeal site is in an appropriate location for a dwelling, having regard to national planning policy
What decided it
The proposal satisfies NPPF paragraph 84(c) by re-using a redundant building and enhancing its immediate setting through landscaping, thereby making the site an appropriate location for a dwelling in the countryside.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EC6Policy EN1Policy EN2Policy EN4Policy EN5Policy EN7Policy EN8Policy INF3Policy INF4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84Paragraph 54
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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