Planning appeal decision
The Barn, Collins Cross Farm Newmans End, Matching Tye, Harlow, CM17 0QY
Planning appeal 3277412 at The Barn, Collins Cross Farm Newmans End, Matching Tye, Harlow, CM17 0QY (Epping Forest District Council) was dismissed on 10 June 2022 by Inspector Parsons J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to The Barn's status as a curtilage listed building and Collins Cross Farmhouse, the principal Grade II listed building.
minor non-structural alteration and one and half storey extension to provide extra accommodation to an existing barn converted into a residential unit
- Authority
- Epping Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Parsons J
- Postcode
- CM17 0QY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having regard to The Barn's status as a curtilage listed building and Collins Cross Farmhouse, the principal Grade II listed building
What decided it
The public benefits of the proposal are insufficient to outweigh the less than substantial harm to the significance and special interest of both the curtilage listed barn and the principal Grade II listed farmhouse, contrary to section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservations Area) Act 1990.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GB2APolicy DBE9Policy DM7Policy DM9
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 202
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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