®Planning appeal decision
Mantells , Foxes Lane, Eight Ash Green, CO6 3PS
Planning appeal 3256768 at Mantells , Foxes Lane, Eight Ash Green, CO6 3PS (Colchester Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 26 August 2021 by Inspector Thompson P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposals would preserve a Grade II listed building, known as 'Mantells Farmhouse', and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, including its setting.
erection of a linked outbuilding (garden room)
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Thompson P
- Postcode
- CO6 3PS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposals would preserve a Grade II listed building, known as 'Mantells Farmhouse', and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, including its setting
What decided it
Appeal Scheme 2's form, scale and appearance represented an appropriate design response that would preserve the special historic interest of the listed building and its setting, whereas Appeal Scheme 1's pyramidal roof, squat appearance and projection beyond the gable would cause less than substantial harm that public benefits could not justify.
For Appeal Scheme 1: the less than substantial harm to the significance of the designated heritage asset, to which great weight must be given, was not outweighed by the public benefits identified (better revelation of setting, improved living environment as private benefit, and limited environmental/social/economic benefits); for Appeal Scheme 2: no harmful balance was required as the proposal would preserve the special historic interest.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV1Policy UR2Policy DP1Policy DP13Policy DP14
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 130
- Judgments
- South Lakeland DC v the Secretary of State for the Environment [1992]
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.