®Planning appeal decision
Brand Hill House Brand Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, LE12 8SX
Planning appeal 3357878 at Brand Hill House Brand Hill, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, LE12 8SX (Charnwood Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 18 March 2026 by Inspector Walker A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effects of the changed use of the existing vehicular access point ('Site Access 3') and of the track, along with associated works, upon the character and appearance of the countryside and the Woodhouse Eaves Conservation Area.
Change of use of existing vehicle access point and part of an agricultural and forestry track to a mixed use of agriculture, forestry and residential, and installation of an additional section of track for residential use, low-level lighting along the track and intercom system
- Authority
- Charnwood Borough Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Walker A
- Postcode
- LE12 8SX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effects of the changed use of the existing vehicular access point ('Site Access 3') and of the track, along with associated works, upon the character and appearance of the countryside and the Woodhouse Eaves Conservation Area
What decided it
The limited visibility and screening of the track and access meant the changed use caused no harm to the character and appearance of the countryside or to the Conservation Area, allowing the scheme to be found in accordance with the development plan as a whole.
Having found no harm to character, appearance or the Conservation Area, and identifying highway safety and biodiversity net gain as benefits, the Inspector concluded the scheme accorded with the development plan as a whole with no considerations to outweigh that finding, so the balance favoured granting permission.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H3Policy DS1Policy DS4Policy C1Policy EV1Policy EV4Policy EV8
- Judgments
- Murfitt v SSE & East Cambridgeshire DC [1980] JPL 598
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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