®Planning appeal decision
The Tileries Heath Lane, Ewshot, FARNHAM, GU10 5AW
conversion of outbuilding to a one bedroom dwelling to include creation of a first floor within roofspace, alteration s to fenestration and erection of a porch
- Authority
- Hart District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Nicholls H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the nature and location of the development accords with relevant policies of the development plan
- the effects of the proposal on the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area
What decided it
The Council's inability to demonstrate a five-year housing land supply engaged the tilted balance under Framework paragraph 11(d), which, combined with the proposal's compliance with Framework provisions for rural building reuse and adequate mitigation of SPA effects, outweighed the conflict with development plan policies.
The modest benefits of delivering a single dwelling in the context of housing shortfall and reusing an existing building with enhancement to its setting were not significantly and demonstrably outweighed by adverse impacts when assessed against Framework policies taken as a whole, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development applied and outweighed the conflict with the development plan.
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy SD1, Policy SS1, Policy NBE1, Policy INF3, Policy NBE3, saved policy NRM6
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.