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The Barn, Staplehurst Grange, Long Lane, Newport, Iow, PO30 2LU
Planning appeal 3335800 at The Barn, Staplehurst Grange, Long Lane, Newport, Iow, PO30 2LU (Isle of Wight Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 10 October 2025 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether condition No.4 is necessary having regard to the development plan spatial strategy for housing, in terms of the location of The Barn and the need for housing.
failure to comply with condition No.4 imposed on a planning permission Ref P/00573/12 granted on 13 July 2012
- Authority
- Isle of Wight Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- PO30 2LU
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether condition No.4 is necessary having regard to the development plan spatial strategy for housing, in terms of the location of The Barn and the need for housing
- whether removing condition No.4 would result in a justified loss of holiday accommodation
- the effect of removing condition No.4 on the Solent Special Protection Area, with respect to recreation and nitrates
- whether removing condition No.4 would result in provision for affordable housing
What decided it
The proposal conflicts with the development plan spatial strategy by locating permanent residential use in the wider rural area without identified need or exception, and would result in an unjustified loss of holiday accommodation and unquantified harm to the Solent Special Protection Area, with no affordable housing provision.
The limited benefit of providing a single dwelling was substantially outweighed by the harm caused by locating permanent residential use contrary to spatial strategy, loss of tourism accommodation, potential adverse effects on the SPA, lack of affordable housing provision, and conflict with NPPF objectives for sustainable rural development and travel patterns.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Island Plan Policy SP1Island Plan Policy SP4Island Plan Policy DM4draft Island Plan Strategy Policy H6draft Island Plan Strategy Policy E8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 84Paragraph 187Paragraph 193Paragraph 195
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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