®Planning appeal decision
St Michael’s Church, Wincle, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 0QH
described as ‘installation of steps in Wincle School yard adjacent to the wall between the school and the church. These will enable staff and pupils to cross the wall and join a reinforced grass path leading to the church door. There will be no alteration, extension or demolishing of any part of the listed buildings and the wall will be bridged.’
- Authority
- Peak District
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Worthington E
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed works on the significance of the Grade II listed buildings, Church of St Michael and Wincle Church of England aided primary school and attached schoolmasters house.
What decided it
The considerable harm to the significance of the two listed buildings caused by the introduction of an unduly modern and clumsy intervention that would appear as an unsympathetic and alien feature, which was not outweighed by the limited public benefits of improved pedestrian safety.
Framework references: 176, 199, 200, 202, 197
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