Barns at Peplow Grange, Peplow, Market Drayton, TF9 3JT

Planning appeal 3315623 at Barns at Peplow Grange, Peplow, Market Drayton, TF9 3JT (Shropshire County Council) was dismissed on 26 October 2023 by Inspector Veevers A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and setting of the non-designated heritage asset and its significance.

conversion of agricultural barns to 6 dwellings, demolition of agricultural buildings, erection of garaging, creation of residential curtilage space, and formation of a new farm access

Authority: Shropshire County Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Veevers A
Postcode: TF9 3JT

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and setting of the non-designated heritage asset and its significance
Whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers of barn 06, with particular regard to private amenity space

What decided it

The moderate harm to the significance of the non-designated heritage asset through proposed fenestration alterations, garage blocks and courtyard subdivision, combined with unacceptable living conditions for barn 06 occupiers due to lack of private amenity space, outweighed the limited benefits of the scheme.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy MD13Policy MD2Policy CS5Policy CS6Policy CS17
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 11Paragraph 189Paragraph 203Paragraph 55

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