®Planning appeal decision
Land South of Upton Lodge, Tetbury Upton, Gloucestershire , GL8 8LP
Planning appeal 3364914 at Land South of Upton Lodge, Tetbury Upton, Gloucestershire , GL8 8LP (Cotswold District Council) was dismissed on 16 October 2025 by Inspector Szymanski D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the location, land use and amount of development would be acceptable with regard to the effect upon the setting and significance of designated heritage assets.
Erection of a maximum of three residential dwellings
- Authority
- Cotswold District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Szymanski D
- Postcode
- GL8 8LP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the location, land use and amount of development would be acceptable with regard to the effect upon the setting and significance of designated heritage assets
- whether the location, land use and amount of development would be acceptable with regard to the character and appearance of the area including the Cotswold National Landscape
- whether the location, land use and amount of development would be acceptable with regard to policies for the location of new development
- whether the location, land use and amount of development would be acceptable with regard to biodiversity
What decided it
The harm to the setting and significance of Grade II Listed Buildings, which attracts great weight and is not outweighed by the public benefits, provides a strong reason for refusal and prevents the tilted balance from applying.
The modest temporary economic benefits and moderate weight given to housing land supply benefits (given the Council's 1.8-year supply position) were substantially outweighed by the great weight attributed to the harm to the setting and significance of Listed Buildings and the moderate weight attributed to harm to character and appearance of the area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1Policy EN2Policy EN4Policy EN5Policy EN8Policy EN10Policy DS2Policy DS3Policy DS4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 202Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 215Paragraph 135Paragraph 189
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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