The Boot Inn, High Street, Shipton Bellinger, SP9 7UF

described in the application as “conversion and alteration of the former Boot Inn public house to create residential dwelling and associated works

Authority: Test Valley
Appeal type: Planning
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential
Postcode: SP9 7UF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the loss of the public house would be acceptable having regard to the development plan

What decided it

The absence of any firm offers for the property despite extensive marketing efforts demonstrated that the pub was no longer required as a community facility.

The demonstrated lack of continuing need for the pub, evidenced by marketing efforts and the absence of firm offers, outweighed the community's desire to retain it, resulting in no conflict with the development plan.

Framework references: 216

Plan policies cited: Policy COM14, Policy E5

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