®Planning appeal decision
Hazel Copse Cottage, Langton Herring, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 4JB
Extension to Hazel Copse cottage to include solar panels on roof, heat pump and it's change of use from a holiday let to an agricultural workers dwelling
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Watson S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether there is an essential need for a rural worker’s dwelling at the appeal site
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of occupiers at Orchard View, with particular regard to light and outlook
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, with particular regard to the Grade II listed Ivy Cottage, the curtilage listed Hazel Copse cottage and any significance they possess
What decided it
The absence of a demonstrated essential need for a full-time agricultural worker's dwelling, combined with heritage harm to the listed buildings that was not outweighed by the limited public benefits, led to conflict with the development plan as a whole.
The modest benefits (construction and occupier economic benefits, renewable energy, limited weight to a rural worker's dwelling) were outweighed by the significant weight attached to conflict with the spatial strategy, harm to living conditions at Orchard View, and less than substantial heritage harm.
Framework references: 11, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy SUS3, Policy HOUS6, Policy ENV16, Policy ENV1, Policy ENV4, Policy ENV10, Policy ENV12, Policy ENV15, Policy SUS2, Policy CBNP19, Policy CBNP22, Policy CBNP26, Policy CBNP29, Policy CBNP17
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.