Manor Farm House, Station Road, Hook Norton, OX15 5LS

repairs, alterations and extension to dwellinghouse. Conversion of and alterations to agricultural buildings to ancillary residential use and erection of new buildings to be used ancillary to the dwellinghouse. Associated landscaping. Appeal B: APP/C3105/Y/21/3276354 Manor Farm, Station Road, Hook Norton OX15 5LS

Authority: Cherwell District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Thompson P

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would preserve a Grade II listed building, ‘Manor Farmhouse’, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, including its setting
the effect of the proposal on bats (Appeal A only)

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that the proposal, as amended, would preserve the special architectural and historic interest and setting of the Grade II listed Manor Farmhouse and its curtilage listed buildings, removing the need for any heritage balancing exercise.

Framework references: 180

Plan policies cited: Policy ESD15, Policy C28, Policy HN CC1, Policy HN CC2, Policy ESD10

Judgments cited: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL, 1982, P37]

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