®Planning appeal decision
Grafters, Fosseway, Lower Slaughter, GL54 2EY
Change of use of existing dwelling and erection of extensions to create 40 bedroom hotel and associated works
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Simpson L
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the principle of the proposed development is acceptable, with particular regard to the Council's strategy for the location of hotel development.
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.
What decided it
The scale of the development meant it could not be considered a 'change of use with extensions' under Policy EC11, resulting in conflict with the Council's strategy for locating new hotel development, which was not outweighed by the proposal's benefits.
The socio-economic and other benefits, taken together, did not outweigh the substantial harm caused by conflict with the Council's spatial strategy for hotel location and the harm from over-reliance on the private motor vehicle, so the balance tipped against the proposal and in favour of the development plan.
Framework references: 91, 182, 183, 15
Plan policies cited: Policy EC3, Policy EC11, Policy INF3, Policy INF4, Policy EC8, Policy EN2
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823 (Admin)
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