®Planning appeal decision
Hilltop, Langford Budville, Wellington, TA21 0RW
Planning appeal 3324084 at Hilltop, Langford Budville, Wellington, TA21 0RW (Somerset West and Taunton *) was dismissed on 17 January 2024 by Inspector Nicholls H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- TA21 0RW
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
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS Policy SP1SADMP Policy SB1CP Policies CP1CP Policies CP6SADMP Policy A5CS Policy DM2CS Policy CP8CS Policy DM1
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84
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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