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Dismissed13 September 20223297988

Woods House, Sugar Lane, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5NJ

Planning appeal 3297988 at Woods House, Sugar Lane, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5NJ (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 13 September 2022 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on designated heritage assets with particular regard to the Dobcross Conservation Area and Woods House, a Grade II Listed Building.

Erection of three dwellings

Authority
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Hitchcock R
Postcode
OL3 5NJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect on designated heritage assets with particular regard to the Dobcross Conservation Area and Woods House, a Grade II Listed Building

What decided it

The considerable harm to the setting of the Listed Building and the character and appearance of the Conservation Area, to which considerable weight must be given, outweighed the limited to moderate benefits of housing delivery and economic activity.

The cumulative benefits of housing provision, construction activity and economic vitality did not outweigh the considerable harm to designated heritage assets, to which great weight must be afforded by law and policy

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy 20Policy 24
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 11Paragraph 202Paragraph 174

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