West View Farm, High Street, Lockton, Pickering, YO18 7QB

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

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.

Framework references: 193, 196

Plan policies cited: Strategic Policy I, Policy ENV11

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