Engine Meadow Lodge, Road From Junction With Normansland Road To Bridge Over M50 Dymock, Dymock, Gloucestershire, GL18 2BG

Planning appeal 3346302 at Engine Meadow Lodge, Road From Junction With Normansland Road To Bridge Over M50 Dymock, Dymock, Gloucestershire, GL18 2BG (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 13 January 2025 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the appeal development on Boyce Court, a Grade II Listed building and its setting.

temporary retention of dwelling and garage building for up to three years for the essential needs of a rural worker to demonstrate viability of farm business (resubmission of P0357/23/FUL)

Authority: Forest of Dean District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: agricultural · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Marigold O

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the appeal development on Boyce Court, a Grade II Listed building and its setting

What decided it

The less-than-substantial harm to the setting of Boyce Court, a Grade II listed building, outweighs the moderate public benefits of the development, and the clear reason for refusal provided by Framework policies protecting designated heritage assets means the tilted balance is not engaged.

The less-than-substantial harm to the setting of Boyce Court, to which great weight was given, outweighed the moderate weight given to the functional need for agricultural worker accommodation and the limited weight given to the housing supply benefit

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy CSP.1Policy AP4Policy AP5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11

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