Planning appeal decision
West View Farm, High Street, Lockton, Pickering, YO18 7QB
Planning appeal 3299638 at West View Farm, High Street, Lockton, Pickering, YO18 7QB (North York Moors) was dismissed on 5 September 2022 by Inspector Phillips A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the listed building is of special architectural or historic interest (ground a).
Removal of timber windows from five openings on west facing elevation, insertion of UPVC windows into five openings on west facing elevation, and installation of satellite dish on west facing elevation
- Authority
- North York Moors
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Phillips A
- Postcode
- YO18 7QB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the listed building is of special architectural or historic interest (ground a)
- Whether the alleged contraventions of section 9 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 have occurred as a matter of fact (ground b)
- Whether the works constitute a contravention of listed building control (ground c)
- Whether the works were essential and urgent to preserve the listed building (ground d)
- Whether listed building consent ought to be granted for the works and the effect on the special architectural and historic interest of the Grade II listed building (ground e)
What decided it
The replacement UPVC windows and satellite dish have caused less than substantial but considerable harm to the special architectural and historic interest of the Grade II listed building, with no clearly defined public benefits to justify this harm under the statutory tests and NPPF guidance.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Strategic Policy IPolicy ENV11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 193Paragraph 196
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in North York Moors
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Dismissed4 April 20253353299Beak Hill Farm, Chop Gate, Middlesbrough, TS9 7JJ
- Allowed26 March 20253354531Whin Covert, Riggs Head, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5TG
- Notice upheld27 September 2024334226729 Brook Lane, Ainthorpe, Whitby, YO21 2LB
- Allowed17 June 20243321210Haggit Howe Farm, Hawsker, Whitby, YO22 4JY
- Split Decision10 January 20233272453The Land at Silpho Brow Farm West, Silpho, Scarborough, YO13 0JP
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®