Planning appeal decision
Kingfisher Lodge, Longstock, Stockbridge, SO20 6DW
Planning appeal 3339870 at Kingfisher Lodge, Longstock, Stockbridge, SO20 6DW (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 November 2024 by Inspector Longmuir J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed works and development would preserve the Grade II Kingfisher Lodge listed building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses.
proposed single storey, flat roof exercise swimming pool extension and plant room at Kingfisher Lodge
- Authority
- Test Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Longmuir J
- Postcode
- SO20 6DW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed works and development would preserve the Grade II Kingfisher Lodge listed building or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
What decided it
The public benefits of the hydrotherapy pool extension were not of sufficient weight to outweigh the harm to the Grade II listed building's special architectural and historic interest and setting.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy E9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 11
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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