®Planning appeal decision
The Tithe Barn, Mill Lane, Fareham, PO15 5RB
Planning appeal 3268531 at The Tithe Barn, Mill Lane, Fareham, PO15 5RB (Fareham Borough Council) was dismissed on 1 November 2021 by Inspector Edwards S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve the significance of the Grade I listed Tithe Barn or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses, the Grade II listed Fern Hill Farmhouse and Titchfield Abbey, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, as derived from their settings, and preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Titchfield Abbey Conservation Area.
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- Authority
- Fareham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Edwards S
- Postcode
- PO15 5RB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve the significance of the Grade I listed Tithe Barn or its setting or any features of special architectural or historic interest which it possesses, the Grade II listed Fern Hill Farmhouse and Titchfield Abbey, a Scheduled Ancient Monument, as derived from their settings, and preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Titchfield Abbey Conservation Area
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to Grade I and Grade II listed buildings and a Scheduled Ancient Monument of the highest national importance, and to the conservation area character, was not outweighed by the unsubstantiated public benefits claimed.
The less than substantial harm to the Grade I listed Tithe Barn, Grade II listed Fern Hill Farmhouse, Titchfield Abbey Scheduled Ancient Monument, and the Titchfield Abbey Conservation Area was weighed against the claimed public benefits of safe access, community event support, and maintenance cost reduction, with the balance tipping decisively against the proposal due to insufficient evidence of benefits and the considerable importance of conserving heritage assets of the highest national significance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS17 of Fareham Core Strategy (Adopted August 2011)Policy DSP5 of Fareham Local Plan Part 2: Development Sites and Policies (Adopted June 2015)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 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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