Planning appeal decision
Woodertons Farm Gestingthorpe Road, Little Maplestead, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2SN
Planning appeal 3315868 at Woodertons Farm Gestingthorpe Road, Little Maplestead, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2SN (Braintree District Council) was dismissed on 20 February 2024 by Inspector Dyer I, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II listed buildings, Woodertons Farmhouse and Woodertons Farm Barn at Rear Approximately 30 Metres West of House, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that they possess.
demolition of modern single-storey lean-to addition to barn; reinstatement of yard wall between house and barn; construction of single-storey lean-to addition to barn; construction of glazed and tiled link between house and barn; reinstatement of pair of doors in former opening to midstrey. Appeal B: APP/Z1510/W/23/3315866 Woodertons Farm, Gestingthorpe Road, Little Maplestead, Essex CO9 2SN
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Dyer I
- Postcode
- CO9 2SN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II listed buildings, Woodertons Farmhouse and Woodertons Farm Barn at Rear Approximately 30 Metres West of House, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that they possess
What decided it
The proposed link's substantial massing and solid materials would fail to preserve the special interest of the listed buildings by eroding the physical and visual separation between the farmhouse and barn that is essential to understanding their separate historic functions as part of the farmstead.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP7Policy LPP57
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 208
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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