®Planning appeal decision
Land at Whitehouse Barn, Whitehouse Lane, Severn Beach, South Gloucestershire, BS35 4NN
conversion of single storey agricultural barn equipment store to two storey dwelling house
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Robinson N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the development would be acceptable in relation to flood risk
- whether the site is in a suitable location for housing having regard to the Council's housing strategy and access to services
- the effect of the proposal on the setting and significance of the listed building known as Whitehouse Farmhouse
What decided it
The combination of unresolved flood risk (sequential test not satisfied and inadequate site-specific assessment), disproportionate scale contrary to countryside conversion policy, and less-than-substantial but considerable harm to the setting of a designated heritage asset, which together outweighed the housing benefit even in the context of a shortfall in housing supply.
The housing benefit (one dwelling contributing to acknowledged housing shortfall) was given significant weight, but was outweighed by the great weight attached to harm to the designated heritage asset and the unresolved flood risk and location unsuitability, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development at paragraph 11 did not apply.
Framework references: 11, 14
Plan policies cited: CS5, CS9, PSP11, PSP17, PSP20, PSP40
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.