Planning appeal decision
135 Main Street, Calverton, Nottingham, NG14 6FE
Planning appeal 3317847 at 135 Main Street, Calverton, Nottingham, NG14 6FE (Gedling Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 September 2023 by Inspector Bayliss G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character or appearance of the Calverton Conservation Area and on the setting and significance of nearby heritage assets including a Grade II listed building.
a full planning application for the erection of two single storey dwellings with private access driveway and the conversion of the former smithy to a separate, stand-alone studio workshop falling within planning use class E (commercial, service and business use)
- Authority
- Gedling Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
- Postcode
- NG14 6FE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character or appearance of the Calverton Conservation Area and on the setting and significance of nearby heritage assets including a Grade II listed building
What decided it
The public benefits of the development were of insufficient weight to outweigh the great weight to be given to the less than substantial harm to the designated heritage assets, contrary to NPPF paragraph 202.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- LPD26LPD27LPD28LPD31BE5
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 189Paragraph 199Paragraph 200Paragraph 202Paragraph 203
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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