Drivers End, 16 Farnham Green, Farnham, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 1HN

Planning appeal 3282538 at Drivers End, 16 Farnham Green, Farnham, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 1HN (Uttlesford District Council) was allowed on 29 April 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 Drivers End 16 & 17 Farnham Green or its setting and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses.

replacement of existing conservatory with new garden room

Authority: Uttlesford District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Fleming L
Postcode: CM23 1HN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development/works would preserve the grade II listed Drivers End 16 & 17 Farnham Green or its setting and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses

What decided it

The neutral effect on the significance of the heritage asset, achieved by replacing an unsympathetic modern extension with a sympathetically designed garden room that appears as a separate modern addition and preserves the visual relationship with the original listed building.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy GEN2Policy ENV2Policy H8
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 199

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