The Fox & Hounds Inn, Great Wolford, SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR, CV36 5NQ

the change of use of former public house to 2 dwellings

Authority: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Longmuir J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II Fox And Hounds Inn listed building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, and whether the character or appearance of the Great Wolford Conservation Area would be preserved or enhanced
the viability of the building as a pub

What decided it

The demonstrated lack of commercial viability of the pub, supported by multiple independent assessments, justified the less than substantial heritage harm and secured the building's optimum viable use through residential conversion.

Framework references: 8, 11, 56, 88, 97, 205, 206, 208

Plan policies cited: Policy CS.8, Policy AS.10, Policy CS.25, Policy CS.22

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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