®Planning appeal decision
The Closes (field name), Forty Lane, Little Rissington, Cheltenham, GL54 2ND
a low carbon energy efficient self-build affordable dwelling (associated works including landscape and biodiversity enhancement and improvements to existing vehicular access)
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Jarratt P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the principle of residential development of the site accords with development plan policies or meets the requirements for exceptions to these policies
- whether the proposal would conflict with the purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the landscape
- the effect that the development would have on the character and appearance of the Conservation Area, on the setting of the listed buildings, and on features of archaeological interest
- the effect of the development on local ecology and in particular, the great crested newt
What decided it
The harm to the setting of the Grade II* listed church and the character and appearance of the conservation area, which would result from the development's intrusion into open rural land that forms a significant part of the church's distinctive isolated setting, outweighed the benefits of providing a single self-build affordable dwelling.
the benefits of providing a single self-build affordable dwelling and low-carbon standards were outweighed by the less than substantial harm to the designated heritage assets and the harm to the natural beauty of the AONB landscape
Framework references: 11, 180, 182, 200, 201, 208
Plan policies cited: Policy DS3, Policy H3, Policy EN4, Policy EN5, Policy EN10, Policy EN11
Judgments cited: Tewksbury BC and SoSHCLG and JJ Gallagher and Richard Cook [2021] EWHC 2782 (Admin)
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