Steeptop, Hanley Childe, TENBURY WELLS, WR15 8QY

the erection of an ancillary domestic annex

Authority: Malvern Hills District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Manchester S

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve the setting of a Grade II listed building 'Steeptop' and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
Whether the proposal would be ancillary to the main dwelling or tantamount to a new residential dwelling

What decided it

The proposal would fail to preserve the setting and special interest of the Grade II listed building by introducing an alien and discordant form of development that would erode its historically undeveloped rural setting, and would not constitute genuine ancillary accommodation but rather a separate residential unit in conflict with development plan policies.

Framework references: 205, 206, 208, 57

Plan policies cited: SWDP2, SWDP6, SWDP21, SWDP24

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