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Dismissed16 May 20243331764

Box Bush Barn Oxenhall Lane, Gorsley, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7BJ

Planning appeal 3331764 at Box Bush Barn Oxenhall Lane, Gorsley, Ross-on-Wye, HR9 7BJ (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 16 May 2024 by Inspector Butcher C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is in a suitable location, taking account of the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities.

the continued use of former barn as a dwelling (C3 use)

Authority
Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Butcher C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the site is in a suitable location, taking account of the Council's spatial strategy and access to services and facilities
  • whether the loss of a unit for tourism is justified

What decided it

The enduring harm from locating a residential dwelling in an unsustainable location requiring heavy car dependency, combined with the unjustified loss of a permitted tourism unit, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the limited benefits of providing a single dwelling in a context of housing shortfall.

The benefits of housing provision and re-use of a previously developed site were afforded limited weight and were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the significant weight given to the harm from unsustainable location and loss of tourism use.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CSP4Policy CSP5Policy CSP16Policy CSP7
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 84

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