Planning Schedule Date: 10/08/2004 - Stroud District Council

Planning Schedule Date: 10/08/2004
The scheme involves the rebuilding and extension of a detached barn to provide a gymnasium
and swimming pool. The proposal must be considered against Policies B9, B15 and B16 of the
Stroud District Local Plan Revised Deposit Version (as amended June 2001)
Due to the location of the buildings in relation to the farm house as well as the road network
leading to the site the buildings are clearly not suitable for any other use than as domestic
curtilage buildings. The proposal is therefore in accordance with policy H16 of the Stroud District
Local Plan Revised Deposit Version (as amended June 2001).
Part of the barn is constructed of sub-standard materials and in purely planning terms is not
worthy of retention in its current form. The applicant has provided a structural survey to
demonstrate the degree of rebuilding which would be necessary to bring the buildings back into
use in conjunction with the farmhouse.
The proposal will involve substantial rebuilding which is not strictly in accordance with Policy B15
of the plan. However the refurbishment of the curtilage Listed building and its retention in the
farmyard setting of the listed building are considered important in Listed building terms and
therefore a greater degree of refurbishment than usual is deemed acceptable. The proposal
requires less alteration than the previous proposal and the repair and retention of curtilage Listed
buildings is normally welcomed.
The proposal will improve the setting of the listed farmhouse and is therefore in accordance with
policy B11 of the Stroud District Local Plan Revised Deposit Version (as amended June 2001).
The change of use of the building will preserve it as it is no longer required for the purposes of
agriculture and may fall into further disrepair if the building is not brought back into use. The
proposal is therefore in accordance with Policy B10 of the Stroud District Local Plan Revised
Deposit Version (as amended June 2001).
The remaining element of the application is to reinstate another former farm building at the other
side of the site entrance which has been demolished. This building is to be re-built on its original
footprint to provide stabling. The reinstatement of this building will enhance the setting of the
Listed building due to the sense of enclosure it will add to the traditional farmyard.
All of the buildings are to be used for domestic purposes incidental to the use of the farm house
and should be conditioned as such.
In compiling this recommendation we have given full consideration to all aspects of the Human
Rights Act 1998 in relation to the applicant and/or the occupiers of any neighbouring or affected
properties. In particular regard has been had to Article 8 of the ECHR (Right to Respect for
private and family life) and the requirement to ensure that any interference with the right in this
Article is both permissible and proportionate. On analysing the issues raised by the application no
particular matters, other than those referred to in this report, warranted any different action to that
recommended.
ITEM No: 33
Application
Site Address:
S.04/1244/FUL
33 Upper Queens Road, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 2QA
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