Wincotts Barn, Lower End, Long Compton Road, Whichford, SHIPSTON-ON-STOUR, Warwickshire, CV36 5PQ

Change of use and conversion of barn to ancillary live - work unit

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

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the appeal site would be a suitable location for the proposed development, having regard to local and national policy

What decided it

The appeal site was not demonstrated to be a suitable location for the development as it conflicted with Policies AS.10, CS.15 and CS.22 of the Stratford-on-Avon Core Strategy, which seek to ensure sustainable development in rural settlements, and the limited benefits of the proposal were insufficient to outweigh the harm caused to the distribution of development within the District.

Framework references: 89, 88, 86, 124, 96

Plan policies cited: Policy AS.10, Policy CS.15, Policy CS.22, Development Requirements (2019) Part S

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