Top Cottage Hollybush Hill, Stoke Poges, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PX

Planning appeal 3277780 at Top Cottage Hollybush Hill, Stoke Poges, Slough, Buckinghamshire, SL2 4PX (Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *) was dismissed on 10 December 2021 by Inspector Blackwell J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on Top Cottage and Little Chester as non-designated heritage assets.

Demolition of existing dwelling and erection of new dwelling with double garage

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - South Bucks Area *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Blackwell J
Postcode: SL2 4PX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on Top Cottage and Little Chester as non-designated heritage assets

What decided it

The substantial harm to Top Cottage as a non-designated heritage asset from its demolition, combined with less than substantial harm to Little Chester's setting, outweighs the neutral design impact and minor benefits of the replacement dwelling.

The neutral impact of the new dwelling and minor benefits of replacement and sustainability improvements do not outweigh the substantial harm to Top Cottage and less than substantial harm to Little Chester's setting as non-designated heritage assets

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Core Policy 8 of the South Bucks Local Development Framework Core Strategy (adopted 2011)
Judgments: Dorothy Bohm v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 3217 (Admin); South Lakeland District Council v Secretary of State for the Environment [1992]

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