Old School House, Road From Holmsleigh Cross To Four Cross, Cotleigh, EX14 9HJ

demolition of existing conservatory and construction of two storey rear extension including installation of solar panels, part glazed veranda, insertion of 1 no. first floor window to north elevation and internal alterations to the existing house including creation of new door opening to kitchen and removal of existing door on south elevation

Authority: East Devon District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Webb B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the scheme would preserve a Grade II listed building, or any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses

What decided it

The public benefits of the scheme, comprising only private domestic accommodation and negligible environmental and economic benefits, were insufficient to outweigh the less than substantial harm to the special interest of the Grade II listed building.

The less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building, to which great weight was attached, outweighed the negligible public benefits of the scheme (solar panels and building work), resulting in dismissal.

Framework references: 199, 202

Plan policies cited: Policy EN9 of the East Devon Local Plan 2013-2031

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