Planning appeal decision
7 Lydiate Farm, The Lydiate, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8QN
Planning appeal 3324622 at 7 Lydiate Farm, The Lydiate, Heswall, Wirral, CH60 8QN (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 September 2023 by Inspector Benson E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the fencing preserves or enhances the character or appearance and significance of the Heswall Lower Village Conservation Area.
retrospective approval for fencing around perimeter of rear garden. Average 1.9m high timber fencing panels with timber posts
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Benson E
- Postcode
- CH60 8QN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the fencing preserves or enhances the character or appearance and significance of the Heswall Lower Village Conservation Area
What decided it
The siting, scale and design of the timber fencing fails to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the conservation area and amounts to less than substantial harm, contrary to the development plan and NPPF heritage conservation principles.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CH2Policy CH14SPG28Policy WD 5Policy W2 2.2Policy WP 7.1
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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