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Notice upheld31 January 20253351649

Mount Plesant Game Farm, Mount Lane, Lockerley, SO51 0JS

Planning appeal 3351649 at Mount Plesant Game Farm, Mount Lane, Lockerley, SO51 0JS (Test Valley Borough Council) was dismissed on 31 January 2025 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the building is in a suitable location having regard to planning policy.

Without planning permission the carrying out of unauthorised operational development, comprising; (i) Construction of a dwellinghouse (ii) Erection of a timber decking (iii) Erection of a timber outbuilding (iv) The formation of hardstanding, access track and footpath (v) Erection of close boarded timber fencing and metal gates that are over 1m in height adjacent to the highway

Authority
Test Valley Borough Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
other · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hocking P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the building is in a suitable location having regard to planning policy
  • the effect of the building on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The timber storage building is not essential to be located in the countryside and therefore breaches Policy COM2, and no material considerations outweigh this harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy COM2Policy E2

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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