Keepers Cottage, Alford Road, Mawthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9LX

Planning appeal 3294585 at Keepers Cottage, Alford Road, Mawthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire, LN13 9LX (East Lindsey District Council) was dismissed on 19 October 2022 by Inspector Thompson P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would preserve a Grade II registered park and garden, Well Hall Park and Garden, and any features of special historic interest that it possesses.

extensions and remodelling of existing dwelling

Authority: East Lindsey District Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Thompson P
Postcode: LN13 9LX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would preserve a Grade II registered park and garden, Well Hall Park and Garden, and any features of special historic interest that it possesses
The extent to which the proposal would preserve the significance of a non-designated heritage asset, Keepers Cottage
The effect of the proposal on the setting of the Grade I listed Church of St Margaret, the Grade II* listed Wellvale House, and the Grade II listed buildings known as 'Coach House to Wellvale House' and 'Gates and Piers to Park, Beside Walled Garden'

What decided it

The proposal would fail to preserve the significance of the non-designated heritage asset and cause less than substantial harm to the registered park and garden, with no public benefits to outweigh this harm.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP10Policy SP11Policy SP23
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 130Paragraph 174Paragraph 197Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 203

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