®Planning appeal decision
Pool Farm The Green, Biddestone, CHIPPENHAM, SN14 7DG
1. Reinstate and convert the barn within the ownership of the listed farmhouse, including works walls to overcome their delaminating condition, and re-build the walls at the upper levels, re-using the stone set aside from the remains of the older barn. 2. Re-roof the collapsed roof to the barn. 3. Take down the remains of the cart shed, and attached older barn remains, that are in a danger of collapse. 4. Change of use of the barn to a holiday let, and extension to the side and rear of the barn where the cart shed and older barn stood
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- leisure-sport · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Jones M
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the special architectural and historic interest of Pool Farm and whether it would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Biddestone Conservation Area
What decided it
The less than substantial harm to the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building and the character and appearance of the conservation area, which cannot be justified by the public benefits of the scheme, particularly given the absence of substantive evidence that the level of intervention is necessary for viability.
Framework references: 202
Plan policies cited: Core Policy 57, Core Policy 58
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.