®Planning appeal decision
Hollom Down Bungalow, Hollom Down Road, Lopcombe, Hampshire, SP5 1BP
conversion of rural building to residential dwelling, installation of package treatment plant, cycle store, vehicle charging point and landscaping scheme
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the conversion of the rural building to residential purposes would accord with local policies that principally seek to promote the growth of the rural economy
- the effects of the proposal on the Solent Protected Sites, including the Solent and Southampton Water Special Protection Area/Ramsar and Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation
What decided it
The failure to secure nutrient offsetting mitigation through a binding Section 106 obligation meant the proposal could not demonstrate nutrient neutrality and would cause unacceptable harm to the integrity of the Solent Protected Sites, outweighing the modest public benefits of the scheme.
Plan policies cited: Policy LE16, Policy E5, Policy E8
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