Church Farm Church Street, Sturton-Le-Steeple, Retford, DN22 9HQ

described as ‘Renew defective floors kitchen and dining room. Remove chimney breast between kitchen and dining. Create new door opening with hardwood French windows using existing window opening and cutting out below existing lintel.’

Authority: Bassetlaw District Council
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

Whether the proposed works would preserve the Grade II listed building, Church Farm House, Church Street and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses.

What decided it

The public benefits of the proposal, limited to improved building fabric and continued residential use, were insufficient to outweigh the less than substantial but considerable harm to the listed building's special interest caused by the removal of the chimney breast and insertion of French doors.

Framework references: 199, 200, 202, 62, 197

Plan policies cited: Policy DM8

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