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Dismissed16 February 20243324776

The Anchorage The Street, Rickinghall, Diss, IP22 1DY

Planning appeal 3324776 at The Anchorage The Street, Rickinghall, Diss, IP22 1DY (Mid Suffolk District Council) was dismissed on 16 February 2024 by Inspector Fleming L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the proposal on the special architectural and historic interest of the grade II listed The Anchorage and the character and appearance of the area bearing in mind it would be within the Botesdale and Rickinghall Conservation Area and within the setting of the grade II listed Jessamine Lodge.

a single storey rear extension to existing dwelling. Remove existing section of roof and replace with shallower lean-to roof

Authority
Mid Suffolk District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Fleming L
Postcode
IP22 1DY

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effects of the proposal on the special architectural and historic interest of the grade II listed The Anchorage and the character and appearance of the area bearing in mind it would be within the Botesdale and Rickinghall Conservation Area and within the setting of the grade II listed Jessamine Lodge
  • Ecology

What decided it

The harm to the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building and Conservation Area, combined with the unresolved risk of harm to protected species in the absence of an ecology survey, outweighed the modest public benefits of the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy LP03Policy LP16Policy LP19Policy LP24Policy LP15
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 205Paragraph 208

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