The Lawn House, Felix Hall Park, Hollow Road, Kelvedon, Essex, CO5 9DG

follows: “Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) of permission 13/00811/FUL granted 23/01/2014 for: Erection of single storey dwelling within new walled garden (replacing 1 No. apartment within Felix Hall); Variation would allow: Alterations to fenestration, insertion of gates to boundary walls, solar panels to NE elevation, internal layout, rooflights and chimney position”. This is the description that I have adopted in the banner heading above

Authority: Braintree District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Shrimplin R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host building and its surroundings, including the setting of 'Felix Hall', which is a listed building

What decided it

The proposed rooflights would cause very little or no harm to the host building or the setting of the listed building, while providing real functional benefits, and the exclusionary condition was therefore not necessary and should not be imposed.

Framework references: 12, 15, 16

Plan policies cited: Policy SP7, Policy LPP47, Policy LPP52

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