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Dismissed24 August 20213254067

Holmer Green Farm Penfold Lane, Holmer Green, High Wycombe, HP15 6XW

Planning appeal 3254067 at Holmer Green Farm Penfold Lane, Holmer Green, High Wycombe, HP15 6XW (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 24 August 2021 by Inspector Whelan P, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposals would preserve the grade II listed buildings on the appeal site and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that they possess.

the demolition of two modern agricultural buildings, demolition of the cow-shed canopy, and demolition of the rear extension to the farmhouse. Renovation and extension of the farmhouse, including alterations to its rear wall. Conversion of the barns and cow-shed to form three dwellings

Authority
Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Whelan P
Postcode
HP15 6XW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposals would preserve the grade II listed buildings on the appeal site and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that they possess
  • the effect of the proposals on the setting of Penfold Cottage

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed farmhouse, arising from the scale of the proposed extension and the loss of part of a historic timber beam, was not outweighed by the heritage and other public benefits of the scheme.

The heritage and other public benefits decisively outweighed the less than substantial harm to the barns and cart shed, but did not outweigh the less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed farmhouse, so the appeals were dismissed overall.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LB1Policy LB2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 194Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202

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