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Pool Farm The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DG
Planning appeal 3300408 at Pool Farm The Green, Biddestone, Chippenham, SN14 7DG (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 24 February 2023 by Inspector Jones M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
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
- Postcode
- SN14 7DG
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 57Core Policy 58
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 202
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.
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