®Planning appeal decision
27 Cheap Street, SHERBORNE, DT9 3PU
the remodelling of the existing shopfront reusing all the existing components except the clear glass
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- retail · Minor retail and services
- Inspector
- Edwards S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Sherborne Conservation Area
What decided it
The absence of public benefits sufficient to outweigh the less than substantial but considerable harm to the special interest of the Sherborne Conservation Area caused by the loss of the Art Deco shopfront's distinctive character.
The less than substantial but considerable harm to the Sherborne Conservation Area was weighed against the claimed public benefits of safeguarding the building's longevity and avoiding vacancy, but the benefits were found insufficient to outweigh the harm.
Framework references: 202
Plan policies cited: Policy ENV4, Policy ENV14
Judgments cited: Dorothy Bohm and Others v SSCLG, London Borough of Camden and Jez San [2017] EWHC 3217 (Admin)
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