®Planning appeal decision
The Old Dairy, Jubilee Road, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0EE
Planning appeal 3363859 at The Old Dairy, Jubilee Road, Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire, GL17 0EE (Forest of Dean District Council) was dismissed on 27 August 2025 by Inspector Pickernell E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the site is in a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to the spatial strategy for the area and the access to services and facilities.
single storey extension and change of use to create one two bedroomed dwelling
- Authority
- Forest of Dean District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Pickernell E
- Postcode
- GL17 0EE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the site is in a suitable location for a new dwelling, having regard to the spatial strategy for the area and the access to services and facilities
- whether the change of use of the tourist accommodation units is justified and whether it would adversely effect the local rural economy
What decided it
The proposal's location in open countryside with poor access to services and facilities, combined with the unjustified loss of viable tourist accommodation that would harm the local rural economy, means the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh the modest housing benefits even in the context of a five-year housing land supply shortfall.
The modest weight given to housing land supply benefits was outweighed by significant weight given to the harms of poor access to services and facilities and adverse effects on the local economy and tourism, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development does not apply.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CSP.4Policy CSP.5Policy CSP.7Policy AP.1Policy H2Policy B2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 84Paragraph 232Paragraph 11
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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