®Planning appeal decision
Home Farm Francis Row, Upper Stowe, Northampton, NN7 4SL
Planning appeal 3278852 at Home Farm Francis Row, Upper Stowe, Northampton, NN7 4SL (Daventry District Council *) was allowed on 22 February 2022 by Inspector Fleming L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development/works would preserve the grade II listed Home Farmhouse or its setting and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses and whether the scheme would harm the character or appearance of the area.
construction of private car garage, formation of vehicular access, rebuilding boundary wall (part retrospective)
- Authority
- Daventry District Council *
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Fleming L
- Postcode
- NN7 4SL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development/works would preserve the grade II listed Home Farmhouse or its setting and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses and whether the scheme would harm the character or appearance of the area
What decided it
The provision of off-street parking in this location, addressing highway safety and practical parking constraints on the narrow rural lane, was of sufficient public benefit to outweigh the less than substantial harm to the listed building from the wall demolition.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy GN2 of the Daventry District Local Plan (2007)Policy BN5 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (2014)Policy ENV10 of the Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) For Daventry District 2011-2029 (2020)Policy EN7 of the Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2) For Daventry District 2011-2029 (2020)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 199Paragraph 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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