®Planning appeal decision
17 High Street, Brasted, Westerham, TN16 1JA
Planning appeal 3290248 at 17 High Street, Brasted, Westerham, TN16 1JA (Sevenoaks District Council) was dismissed on 1 September 2022 by Inspector Redford R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that varying condition 2 would have in relation to the fenestration and external materials of the new dwelling, on the setting of the listed building, Southdown House, and whether it would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Conservation Area.
Change of use and conversion of Southdown House to create a self-contained four bedroom dwelling, conversion of outbuildings to ancillary living accommodation, demolition of existing outbuildings and extensions to Southdown House and the erection of a detached four bedroom dwelling in the rear portion of the curtilage, with associated parking, landscaping and amenity without complying with condition 2 of planning permission Ref 19/02249/FUL
- Authority
- Sevenoaks District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Redford R
- Postcode
- TN16 1JA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that varying condition 2 would have in relation to the fenestration and external materials of the new dwelling, on the setting of the listed building, Southdown House, and whether it would preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Conservation Area
What decided it
The proposed fenestration and materials changes would create a strident, utilitarian contemporary design that would materially harm the setting of the listed building and the character and appearance of the conservation area, and this less than substantial harm could not be outweighed by public benefits.
The less than substantial harm to the setting of the listed building and to the character and appearance of the conservation area from the revised appearance outweighed the previously acknowledged public benefits of the permitted scheme
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 189Paragraph 199Paragraph 202
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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