Old Post Cottage, High Street, Lower Brailes, Brailes, Warwickshire, OX15 5HN

Planning appeal 3334288 at Old Post Cottage, High Street, Lower Brailes, Brailes, Warwickshire, OX15 5HN (Stratford-on-Avon District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 13 September 2024 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether there would be compliance with local and national policies that seek to protect existing community facilities.

Change of use from former post office and village shop to residential use

Authority: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Stephens K
Postcode: OX15 5HN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether there would be compliance with local and national policies that seek to protect existing community facilities
Whether the works preserve the Grade II listed building or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses

What decided it

For Appeal A: the existence of alternative retail provision in the village and absence of evidence of realistic commercial prospects for the site outweighed the loss of the community facility. For Appeal B: the lack of adequate drawings, specifications and details describing the works undertaken to the historic fabric of the Grade II listed building prevented proper assessment of harm to its significance.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Core Strategy Policy CS.20Core Strategy Policy AS.10Core Strategy Policy CS.22Core Strategy Policy CS.23Core Strategy Policy CS.25Core Strategy Policy CS.8Brailes Neighbourhood Development Plan Policy SE1
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 97Paragraph 182

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