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Zoonz Court Farmhouse , Larkhay Road, Hucclecote, GL3 3NE
Planning appeal 3346713 at Zoonz Court Farmhouse , Larkhay Road, Hucclecote, GL3 3NE (Tewkesbury Borough Council) was allowed on 4 November 2024 by Inspector Robinson N, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies.
demolition of existing workshop and the erection of a new outbuilding containing ancillary living accommodation and a home office/ workshop for use in association with Zoons Court Farmhouse. (Incorporating change of use from business to residential)
- Authority
- Tewkesbury Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Robinson N
- Postcode
- GL3 3NE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt, including the effect on openness of the Green Belt and the purposes of including land within it, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and any relevant development plan policies
- Whether the proposed development would constitute a separate unit of residential accommodation rather than an ancillary use
- The effect on the character and appearance of the appeal property
- If the proposal is inappropriate development, whether the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to the very special circumstances necessary to justify the development
What decided it
The proposal satisfied the exception in NPPF paragraph 154g as redevelopment of previously developed land that would not have a greater impact on openness of the Green Belt than the existing development, thereby avoiding inappropriate development status.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD5Policy RES3Policy RES4Policy GRB4Policy SP2Policy SD10Policy RES10Policy SD4Policy SD14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 152Paragraph 154
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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