Buildings Adjacent to 19 Brook Street, Hemswell, Gainsborough, DN21 5UJ

demolition of the existing main building and its replacement with a 1.5 storey building to comprise a single family dwellinghouse (Use Class C3), new landscaping and ancillary works. Installation of solar panes to existing garage

Authority: West Lindsey District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Cooper W

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Hemswell Conservation Area, and preserve the Former Blacksmith's Forge non-designated heritage asset.

What decided it

The public benefits of providing one dwelling and solar panels do not outweigh the less than substantial harm to the significance of the non-designated heritage asset and the conservation area caused by the loss of the historic forge building and the substantial increase in building scale and mass.

Framework references: 199

Plan policies cited: LP17, LP25, LP26

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