Crawford House Long Street, Easingwold, North Yorkshire , YO61 3JB

Planning appeal 3318516 at Crawford House Long Street, Easingwold, North Yorkshire , YO61 3JB (Hambleton District Council *) was dismissed on 24 November 2023 by Inspector Manchester S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development would preserve the setting of a Grade II listed building Crawford House.

retrospective listed building consent for new drive surface, brick gate piers supporting a pair of hung wrought iron gates and a single pedestrian gate and two reclaimed cast iron fall pipes on the front elevation and additional fall pipe on the north elevation

Authority: Hambleton District Council *
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Manchester S
Postcode: YO61 3JB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the development would preserve the setting of a Grade II listed building Crawford House

What decided it

The extensive granite driveway with its contemporary design and colour jars with the listed building and, in combination with the gate piers and parking posts, visually competes with and detracts from the views of Crawford House, causing less than substantial but considerable harm to its special interest that cannot be justified by the limited public benefits.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy S1Policy S7Policy E1Policy E5
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 197Paragraph 202

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