The site was within a conservation area and on land near to our client's listed property.  The planning officer accepted that the dwelling would meet the council's policy for housing in the village but the conservation officer wanted the application refused.

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These exception houses have until recently been done under paragraph 80 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) but an amended NPPF was recently published and paragraph numbers changed so it is now under paragraph 84.

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