®Planning appeal decision
Water Tower, Devey Way, Goldings Estate, Waterford, Hertfordshire, SG14 2WH
the restoration and conversion of water tower for ancillary residential use for Goldings Estate, with the insertion of cladding and windows to the lower structure
- Authority
- East Hertfordshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Sargent J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would fail to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building, fail to protect the Registered Park and Garden (Appeal B only), and cause harm to the significance of either of these designated heritage assets, and if harm would be caused, whether it would be outweighed by any public benefits
- Whether it would be inappropriate development in the Green Belt and, if it would, whether the harm arising from this is clearly outweighed by other considerations so as to amount to very special circumstances (Appeal B only)
What decided it
The cladding would cause less than substantial harm to the significance of both the listed building and Registered Park and Garden by obscuring the tower's functional character and historic context, with no public benefits to outweigh this harm, and would also be inappropriate development in the Green Belt that would erode openness without very special circumstances.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the designated heritage assets and the harm to Green Belt openness were not outweighed by any public benefits or other considerations, resulting in dismissal of both appeals.
Framework references: 199, 202, 149, 150, 145, 146
Plan policies cited: Policy HA1, Policy HA7, Policy HA8, Policy DES2, Policy DES3, Policy DES4, Policy GBR1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.