Brook End Stables, Park Road, Little Easton, CM6 2BD

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

• whether Brook End Stables are within the curtilage of the Grade II listed building, Brookend Farmhouse, and thereby should be considered as part of the listed building
• if Brook End Stables are within the curtilage of the listed building, whether the proposal would preserve the listed building, and any features of special historic interest that it possesses, including its setting, and the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the Countryside setting of the Stables, including its consistency with policies relating to housing in rural areas, with regard to the protection of the countryside
• if Brook End Stables are not within the curtilage of the listed building, the effect of the proposed development on their significance, as a Non-Designated Heritage Asset, including the character and appearance of the Stables and their countryside setting, whether the proposal is consistent with policies relating to housing in rural areas, with regard to the protection of the countryside, and the effect of the proposed development on the setting of the listed building
• whether the proposal would be accessible to services and facilities, having regard to national policies

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade II listed Brookend Farmhouse and the considerable harm to the significance of Brook End Stables as a Non-Designated Heritage Asset outweighed the public benefits of the scheme.

The great weight given to the less than substantial harm to the listed building's setting and the significant harm to the NDHA and countryside setting outweighed the benefits (housing supply boost, reuse of previously developed land, economic and environmental benefits), so the adverse impacts outweighed the benefits and the appeal was dismissed.