4-5 Monks Row, High Street, Pavenham, Bedford, MK43 7NS

Planning appeal 3324905 at 4-5 Monks Row, High Street, Pavenham, Bedford, MK43 7NS (Bedford Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 16 August 2024 by Inspector Shields T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether listed building consent should be granted for the replacement of nine timber windows with uPVC windows.

Replacement of five side hung timber casement windows on the west elevation and four side hung timber casement windows on the east elevation with uPVC windows

Authority: Bedford Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Other minor developments
Inspector: Shields T
Postcode: MK43 7NS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether listed building consent should be granted for the replacement of nine timber windows with uPVC windows
Whether the period for compliance with the enforcement notice should be extended from 3 months to 9 months

What decided it

The uPVC windows fail to preserve the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building and conflict with the statutory duty to have special regard to preserving the listed building, and the identified public benefits do not outweigh the less than substantial harm to the heritage asset.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 41S(iv) of the Bedford Local Plan (2020)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 205Paragraph 208

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