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Split Decision1 September 20223299824

Belfry House, Vicarage Drive, Wardle, Rochdale, OL16 2RQ

Planning appeal 3299824 at Belfry House, Vicarage Drive, Wardle, Rochdale, OL16 2RQ (Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 1 September 2022 by Inspector Graham A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The impact of the proposal upon the setting and significance of the Grade II Listed Church of St John the Baptist.

First floor side extension to dwelling house (allowed); excavation of garden at rear with erection of single and two storey detached ancillary outbuilding to form garage, gym and summerhouse (dismissed)

Authority
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Graham A
Postcode
OL16 2RQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The impact of the proposal upon the setting and significance of the Grade II Listed Church of St John the Baptist

What decided it

The proposed detached outbuilding would harm the immediate setting of the listed church by introducing new built form into what was historically open countryside, thereby diminishing the church's isolated prominence and introducing a dominant unarticulated structure into the churchyard backdrop, contrary to heritage protection policies.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DM1Policy P3

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