Planning appeal decision
22 Wallingford Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8AX
Planning appeal 3280143 at 22 Wallingford Street, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8AX (Vale of White Horse District Council) was dismissed on 19 April 2022 by Inspector Boffin D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the building is of special architectural or historic interest (ground a).
Removal of a curtilage listed rear boundary wall and its replacement with a wooden fence
- Authority
- Vale of White Horse District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Boffin D
- Postcode
- OX12 8AX
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the building is of special architectural or historic interest (ground a)
- Whether the works constitute a contravention of sections 7 and 8 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (ground c)
- Whether essential and urgent works were needed to preserve the listed building (ground d)
- Whether the steps required by the notice would serve the purpose of restoring the character of the building to its former state (ground i)
What decided it
The rear boundary wall was established to be within the curtilage of the listed building and its removal without consent affected the character of the building as one of special architectural and historic interest, with no valid ground of appeal succeeding.
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