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Dismissed2 April 20243319674

Land At and Including 2 Stocks Green , River Lane, Elton, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6RG

Planning appeal 3319674 at Land At and Including 2 Stocks Green , River Lane, Elton, Cambridgeshire, PE8 6RG (Huntingdonshire District Council) was dismissed on 2 April 2024 by Inspector Bayliss G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the character or appearance of the Elton Conservation Area, and on the significance and setting of Chestnuts Farm, a Grade II listed building.

for the erection of 3 dwellings and the conversion of an agricultural barn to 1 dwelling and improvements to existing field access from River Lane

Authority
Huntingdonshire District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Bayliss G
Postcode
PE8 6RG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposed development on the character or appearance of the Elton Conservation Area, and on the significance and setting of Chestnuts Farm, a Grade II listed building

What decided it

The harm to the significance and setting of the Grade II listed building and the character of the Conservation Area, combined with inadequate details for the barn conversion, outweighed the modest public benefits of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
LP9LP11LP12LP34
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 195Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 208

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