®Planning appeal decision
Abbotts Hall , Rowley Hill, Sturmer, CB9 7XH
Planning appeal 3260894 at Abbotts Hall , Rowley Hill, Sturmer, CB9 7XH (Braintree District Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 20 August 2021 by Inspector Edginton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would preserve the Grade II listed building of Abbotts Hall, or any features of special architectural interest and/or historic character that it possesses, including its setting.
Replacement of the existing conservatory with an orangery and the replacement of doors and surrounds, windows, skirting, flooring, a staircase, banisters to main staircase and the fitting of bathrooms and kitchen
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Edginton A
- Postcode
- CB9 7XH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development would preserve the Grade II listed building of Abbotts Hall, or any features of special architectural interest and/or historic character that it possesses, including its setting
What decided it
The coherence and consistency of the building's many constituent parts, including its layout and original features, is essential to its heritage significance, and the proposed works detrimental to this coherence cannot be justified by the modest benefits of restoring some lost features or enabling reoccupation.
The modest public benefits arising from replicating and installing former historic features and the building's reoccupation do not outweigh the less than substantial harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building caused by the removal of original features, inappropriate replacements, and loss of the service area layout.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy RLP100Policy LPP60
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 15Paragraph 16Paragraph 194Paragraph 196Paragraph 199Paragraph 200
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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