®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed19 April 20243323181
85A High Street, Earls Colne, COLCHESTER, CO6 2QX
a two storey side extension
- Authority
- Braintree District Council
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Burston J
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development and works on the special architectural and historic interest of 85a High Street, as a curtilage building of the Grade II Listed 83 & 85 High Street, and the setting of the Listed group
- Whether the character or appearance of the Earls Colne Conservation Area would be preserved or enhanced
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the existing, any future and adjacent occupiers
What decided it
The harm to the significance of the listed building caused by the disproportionate and visually dominating extension, which could not be justified by the limited public benefits of the scheme, outweighed any potential advantages.
Framework references: 208
Plan policies cited: LPP36, SP7, LPP52, LPP57, LPP53
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