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Startop Farm, Long Barn, Lower Icknield Way, Marsworth, Herts, HP23 4LL
Planning appeal 3296750 at Startop Farm, Long Barn, Lower Icknield Way, Marsworth, Herts, HP23 4LL (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 April 2023 by Inspector Miles H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area and on the setting of the Grade II listed Farmhouse at Startop Farm.
redevelopment of the existing farm complex at Startop Farm to enable two replacement farm buildings to be constructed with hard standing and parking areas together with 9no dwellings and their car parking provision following the demolition of the existing farm, commercial, and equestrian buildings, and the demolition and removal of the existing single storey bungalow fronting Lower Icknield Way, as well as the provision of a suitable turning space for refuse and emergency vehicles, use of the existing vehicular access from Lower Icknield Way to serve the new dwellings, and a new farm access off Lower Ickneild Way to serve the two replacement farm buildings
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Miles H
- Postcode
- HP23 4LL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area and on the setting of the Grade II listed Farmhouse at Startop Farm
What decided it
The less than substantial but considerable harm to the setting of the Grade II listed Farmhouse, which the Inspector was required to give special regard to preserving, outweighed the modest public benefits of housing provision and farm business viability.
The modest public benefits of 9 new dwellings and farm business viability did not outweigh the unacceptable harm to the setting of the listed building, notwithstanding the absence of a 5-year housing land supply
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS7Policy CS11Policy CS12Policy CS27
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11Paragraph 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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