Japonica Cottage, The Street, Preston, Kent, CT3 1DU

internal alterations to reconfigure the ground floor layout , creation of an additional dormer at first floor to enable the en-suite to be re-arranged, a rear structural glass extension, infill a rooflight, split three light window into two windows by brickwork infill between the two and lower cil height and new external brick wall

Authority: Dover District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Jackson R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building and its setting

What decided it

The lightweight, subordinate nature of the proposed glass extension and the enhancements to historical legibility from internal reconfiguration and window changes would preserve the significance of the listed building, outweighing the loss of less historically important fabric.

Framework references: 195, 199, 200

Plan policies cited: Policy DM 1

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