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

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

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.

Framework references: 182, 84, 205, 57, 56

Plan policies cited: Policy DS4, Policy EC6, Policy EN1, Policy EN2, Policy EN4, Policy EN5, Policy EN6, Policy EN8, Policy EN9

Judgments cited: 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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