®Planning appeal decision
Hilltop, Langford Budville, WELLINGTON, TA21 0RW
proposed conversion of agricultural building to dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Somerset West and Taunton *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be located to accord with local policies that seek to provide residents with convenient access to facilities and minimise dependency on private vehicles
- whether the development accords with local policies that specify the types of building suitable for conversion and the sequential approach to determining their uses
- the effects on the Somerset Levels and Moors Special Protection Area (SPA)
What decided it
The proposal's location outside the settlement boundary in open countryside, combined with the failure to properly apply the sequential approach to alternative uses under Policy DM2 7) b), meant the identified public benefits fell short of outweighing the harms and policy conflicts.
the modest public benefits of creating a single dwelling and minor enhancement to the building's appearance fell short of outweighing the identified harms and conflicts with the development plan taken as a whole
Framework references: 11, 84
Plan policies cited: CS Policy SP1, SADMP Policy SB1, CP Policies CP1, CP Policies CP6, SADMP Policy A5, CS Policy DM2, CS Policy CP8, CS Policy DM1
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.