®Planning appeal decision
Land Rear of Kona, Sway Road, Lymington, SO41 8LR
the conversion of an existing barn to a one-bedroom home, with access as existing and two parking spaces
- Authority
- New Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Evans J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the scheme would be inappropriate development in the green belt, having regard to the National Planning Policy Framework and local development plan policies
- the effect of the scheme upon the character and appearance of the area
- whether the location of the dwelling would accord with national and local policy
- whether any harm by reason of inappropriateness, and any other harm, would be clearly outweighed by other considerations, so as to amount to the very special circumstances to justify the proposal
What decided it
The scheme would be inappropriate development in the green belt causing substantial harm to its openness, and the modest benefits arising from housing delivery and economic activity would not constitute very special circumstances to justify the proposal.
The substantial harm to the green belt and harm to character and appearance, weighed heavily against the proposal, outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery, economic benefits, environmental benefits from building re-use, and social benefits from passive surveillance, such that very special circumstances were not demonstrated.
Framework references: 154, 155
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV2, Policy ENV3, Policy STR3, Policy STR4, Policy HOU5, Policy DM20
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.