The Barn, Collins Cross Farm Newmans End, Matching Tye, HARLOW, CM17 0QY

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

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.

Framework references: 202

Plan policies cited: Policy GB2A, Policy DBE9, Policy DM7, Policy DM9

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