Planning appeal decision
Cold Piece Farm, Hound Green, Mattingley, Hook, RG27 8LQ
Planning appeal 3258974 at Cold Piece Farm, Hound Green, Mattingley, Hook, RG27 8LQ (Hart District Council) was dismissed on 28 October 2022 by Inspector Thompson P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve a Grade II listed building, 'Barn at Cold Piece Farm to South of Farmhouse', and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses.
conversion of agricultural barn to residential use ancillary to Coldpiece Farm(house). Works to the barn include: - replacement of existing doors with large, glazed timber doors installed within the existing cart bay openings - new WC - new floor made from polished concrete - new insulated slab (designed so it does not physically connect to the historic timber frame) - insulation of roof - re-tiling of the roof using the reclaimed and matching handmade Keymer Goxhill clay tiles. Appeal B: APP/N1730/Y/20/3258976 Cold Piece Farm, Hound Green, Mattingley, Hook RG27 8LQ
- Authority
- Hart District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Thompson P
- Postcode
- RG27 8LQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve a Grade II listed building, 'Barn at Cold Piece Farm to South of Farmhouse', and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
What decided it
The harm to the special historic and architectural interest of the Grade II listed building caused by alterations to accommodate insulation, which would obscure the majority of historic fabric and alter the external appearance, outweighed the public benefits of repair, maintenance, and securing the building's optimum viable use.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Hart Local Plan Policy NE8Hart Local Plan Policy NBE8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202
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.
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