County End Magpie Hall Road, Bushey Heath, BUSHEY, WD23 1NY

Erection of detached, 3-bed dwelling with associated access, parking and landscaping to the rear of existing dwelling

Authority: Hertsmere Borough Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Boughton A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposed development would cause harm to the setting of County End, a designated heritage asset and, if so, notwithstanding the considerable importance and weight to be attached thereto, whether any other consideration would outweigh that harm
The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The significant harm to the setting of the Grade II listed building County End, to which great weight must be applied, could not be outweighed by the delivery of a single dwelling or any other consideration.

the delivery of one dwelling would not outweigh the significant harm to the setting of a heritage asset which is an irreplaceable resource

Framework references: 11, 189, 199

Plan policies cited: SADM3, SADM29

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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