®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
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent 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 lack of a demonstrated essential need for the agricultural worker's dwelling combined with the heritage harm to the listed buildings, which the modest public benefits did not outweigh.
The modest economic, renewable energy and rural worker benefits were outweighed by the significant harm to living conditions, heritage significance and conflict with the Council's spatial strategy, so the balance weighed against the proposal.
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.