®Planning appeal decision
Land adjacent to Hatton Court Hotel, Upton Hill, Upton St Leonards, GL4 8DE
erection of single dwelling, ancillary garage and store, associated vehicular access and landscaping
- Authority
- Stroud District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Thandi B
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the site is an appropriate location for new housing having regard to local and national planning policies
- Whether the site is an appropriate location for new housing having regard to the accessibility to services and facilities
- The effect of the proposed development upon the character and appearance of the area including the Cotswold National Landscape
- The effect on highway safety
- The effect upon the vitality and viability of the Hatton Court Hotel
- The effect on protected species
- The effect of the proposal upon the Cotswold Beechwoods Special Area of Conservation
What decided it
The site's location outside settlement development limits in open countryside, combined with poor accessibility to services, unacceptable landscape harm to the National Landscape, inadequate highway visibility, and unresolved protected species and SAC mitigation issues, collectively rendered the proposal unacceptable.
Framework references: 84, 182
Plan policies cited: CP1, CP2, CP3, CP13, CP14, CP15, ES6, ES7, ES12, ES13, EI3
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.