®Planning appeal decision
Beech Cottage, Birtles Hall Birtles Lane, Over Alderley, MACCLESFIELD, SK10 4RU
an orangery and patio. Appeal B: APP/R0660/Y/21/3268982 Beech Cottage, Birtles Lane, Over Alderley SK10 4RU
- Authority
- Cheshire East
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hockenhull H
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve a Grade II listed building, known as Stable Block to the north west of Birtles Hall and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, and the effect of the proposal on the setting of the Grade II listed Birtles Hall, the Former Haybarn and South and East Terrace Walls in front of Birtles Hall
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring residential properties with particular regard to privacy
What decided it
The proposal would fail to preserve the special interest of the Grade II listed building and would cause harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with no public benefits to outweigh these harms.
The less than substantial but considerable harm to the listed building's special interest, weighed against only private benefits with no public benefits identified, tipped decisively against the proposal; additionally, harm to neighbouring residential privacy could not be adequately mitigated without further harm to the heritage asset.
Framework references: 199, 202, 197
Plan policies cited: Policy SD2, Policy SE1, Policy SE2, Policy SE7, Saved Policy BE15, Saved Policy BE16, Saved Policy DC2, Saved Policy DC3
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.