®Planning appeal decision
Hyde Hall Farm, Barns Opposite Whitbreads Business Centre, Whitbreads Farm Lane, Little Waltham, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 3LQ
change of use (Class Q(a)) and necessary building operations (Class Q(b)) for conversion of an agricultural building to form three smaller dwellinghouses and two larger dwellinghouses
- Authority
- Chelmsford Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Smith J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the design and external appearance of the building, with particular regard to the consequent effect on the setting of Liberty Hall, a nearby Grade II listed building
What decided it
The alterations to the design and external appearance of the building would fail to preserve the setting of the Grade II listed Liberty Hall, and the modest weight given to housing supply benefits could not outweigh the considerable weight attached to avoiding harm to the heritage asset.
The modest weight afforded to the proposal's contribution to housing supply did not outweigh the considerable weight attached to avoiding less than substantial harm to the setting of a Grade II listed building.
Framework references: 202
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