Planning appeal decision
Buildings To The Rear Of Garden Cottage,, Church Street, Watford, Northamptonshire, NN6 7UR
Planning appeal 3267538 at Buildings To The Rear Of Garden Cottage,, Church Street, Watford, Northamptonshire, NN6 7UR (Daventry District Council *) was allowed on 11 August 2021 by Inspector Cryan M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the external flue as installed on the character and appearance of the host building, and on the setting of the adjacent Grade II Listed Building.
for the change of use of the building to a sui generis use comprising an agricultural depot and welfare facility, public house and community use
- Authority
- Daventry District Council *
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Change of use
- Inspector
- Cryan M
- Postcode
- NN6 7UR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the external flue as installed on the character and appearance of the host building, and on the setting of the adjacent Grade II Listed Building
What decided it
The external flue as installed does not cause harm to the character and appearance of the host building or the setting of the adjacent Grade II Listed Building, and therefore no balancing exercise against public benefits is required.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy BN5 of the 2014 West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Local Plan Part 1Policy ENV7 of the 2020 Daventry Settlements and Countryside Local Plan Part 2Policy ENV10 of the 2020 Daventry Settlements and Countryside Local Plan Part 2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 189Paragraph 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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