Becketts Farm Pancake Lane, The Leigh, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL19 4AL

retrospective application for change of use of land for the siting of one shepherd's hut and associated works

Authority: Tewkesbury Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Robinson N

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
whether an essential need for the proposal has been demonstrated in compliance with development plan policy
whether the proposal is in a suitable location
the effect of the proposal on the integrity of the SAC

What decided it

The material consideration that the development would promote sustainable tourist development and protect the open countryside outweighed the development plan conflict regarding location, combined with the essential need for agricultural diversification and the adequacy of mitigation measures for landscape and SAC impacts.

Plan policies cited: TOR1, TOR2, TOR3, SD4, SD6, AGR2

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