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Allowed4 December 20243346869

Scrubditch Farm, 3/156 Burcombe Lane Woodmancote To The Scrub Ditch Bagendon, North Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 7DZ

Planning appeal 3346869 at Scrubditch Farm, 3/156 Burcombe Lane Woodmancote To The Scrub Ditch Bagendon, North Cerney, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 7DZ (Cotswold District Council) was allowed on 4 December 2024 by Inspector Clowes M, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building is capable of conversion without substantial alteration or re-building.

the conversion of former agricultural building to residential use

Authority
Cotswold District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Change of use
Inspector
Clowes M
Postcode
GL7 7DZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the building is capable of conversion without substantial alteration or re-building
  • The effect on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to the Cotswold National Landscape (CNL)
  • Whether the proposal would be in a suitable location for residential development having regard to the development plan
  • The effect on the Cotswold National Beechwood Special Area of Conservation (SAC)

What decided it

The building was found capable of conversion without substantial alteration and the proposal accorded with the development plan as a whole, with the SAC effects satisfactorily mitigated by a S111 contribution.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DS4Policy EC6Policy EN1Policy EN2Policy EN4Policy EN5Policy EN6Policy EN8Policy EN9
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 182Paragraph 84Paragraph 205Paragraph 57Paragraph 56
Judgments
Hibbitt and another v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) and Rushcliffe Borough Council (2) [2016] EWHC 2853 (Admin)

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