Woodertons Farm Gestingthorpe Road, Little Maplestead, HALSTEAD, Essex, CO9 2SN

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

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.

Framework references: 205, 206, 208

Plan policies cited: Policy SP7, Policy LPP57

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