®Planning appeal decision
3 The Greens, Todmorden Road, Bacup, Lancashire, OL13 9HJ
removal of window to create external door
- Authority
- Rossendale Borough Council
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Ashworth S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the special architectural and historic interest (or significance) of the listed building (a designated heritage asset)
What decided it
The introduction of a full-height opening on the important front elevation would be an incongruous, jarring feature that would harm the building's historic character and interest, and no public benefits were identified to outweigh this less than substantial harm.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building was weighed against the private benefit of direct garden access, which carried limited weight; the harm attracted considerable importance and weight on the negative side of the balance and was not outweighed.
Framework references: 202
Plan policies cited: Policy 16
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.