26 Fore Street, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0AA

Planning appeal 3292197 at 26 Fore Street, Buckfastleigh, TQ11 0AA (Dartmoor) was dismissed on 10 August 2022 by Inspector Webb B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the works have preserved or would preserve a Grade II listed building and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, and whether the works have preserved or enhanced or would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of Buckfastleigh Conservation Area.

described as regularisation and remedial works: 1. Cementitious tanking to external walls. 2. Strip internal doors of paint and apply wax finish 3. Enclosing of private yard with 1.8m high tanalised timber vertical close boarded fence and gate. 4.Installation of skirting boards to ground floor

Authority: Dartmoor
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Webb B
Postcode: TQ11 0AA

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the works have preserved or would preserve a Grade II listed building and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, and whether the works have preserved or enhanced or would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of Buckfastleigh Conservation Area

What decided it

The cementitious tanking caused harm to the fabric and significance of the Grade II listed building without clear and convincing justification as required by paragraph 200 of the NPPF, and this harm was not outweighed by public benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 2.7 of the Dartmoor Local Plan 2018-2036
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202

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