Planning appeal decision
Smiths Discount Jewellers, 2-4 Balderton Gate, Newark, NG24 1UE
Planning appeal 3259928 at Smiths Discount Jewellers, 2-4 Balderton Gate, Newark, NG24 1UE (Newark & Sherwood District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 22 June 2021 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the works on the special architectural and historic interest of the listed buildings.
retention of security shutters
- Authority
- Newark & Sherwood District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Shields T
- Postcode
- NG24 1UE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the works on the special architectural and historic interest of the listed buildings
What decided it
The harm to the special architectural and historic interest of the listed buildings and the character and appearance of the conservation area caused by the bulky and dominant modern shutter housing box was not outweighed by the limited public benefits of the retail use.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed buildings and the conservation area was not outweighed by the public benefits of employment and town centre viability
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 14 of the Newark and Sherwood Amended Core StrategyPolicy DM9 of the DPD
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 195Paragraph 196
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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