Beckstones House, Gayle, Hawes, North Yorkshire, DL8 3SA

listed building consent for removal of timber stair and brick flank walls full height, installation of new timber stairs ground to first and first to second floor levels, insertion of conservation type roof windows 3no in front roof slope

Authority: Yorkshire Dales
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: community-institutional · Householder developments
Inspector: Woodward M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve a Grade II listed building and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses; and whether the character or appearance of the Gayle Conservation Area would be preserved or enhanced

What decided it

The harmful effect of the proposed rooflights on the roof's composition and their discordant appearance when viewed from the key view at Gayle Bridge, combined with insufficient public benefits to justify the harm, outweighed the acceptability of the internal works.

Framework references: 194, 199, 200, 202

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