®Planning appeal decision
78 Buxton Road, Whaley Bridge, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK23 7JE
‘Proposed conversion of stone outbuilding into single bedroom accommodation with associated internal works using existing footprint’
- Authority
- High Peak Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Caine M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Whaley Bridge Conservation Area
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of occupiers of neighbouring properties, with particular regard to privacy and the amount of private outdoor amenity space, and whether satisfactory living conditions would be provided for future occupiers of the proposed development, with particular regard to internal room sizes
- The effect of the proposed development on highway safety
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate safeguarding of protected species
What decided it
The proposal would cause material harm to the conservation area's character and appearance through its scale and density, combined with unacceptable impacts on neighbouring privacy and inadequate living conditions for future occupiers, with no public benefits to justify the heritage harm.
Framework references: 199, 200, 202, 111
Plan policies cited: Policy S1, Policy EQ6, Policy EQ7, Policy H3, Policy H1, Policy CF6, Policy EQ5
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.