Little Swailes Green Farm, Compasses Lane, Cripps Corner, TN32 5QU

construction of a single storey extension connected via a glazed link, together with renovation works to the farmhouse including new timber weatherboarding

Authority: Rother District Council
Appeal type: householder · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Bowyer J

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the special interest of the Grade II listed building 'Little Swailes Green Farmhouse' and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
The effect of the proposal on the landscape character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The extension would cause less than substantial but considerable harm to the special interest of the listed building that was not outweighed by public benefits, and would additionally harm the landscape character and appearance of the High Weald National Landscape.

Framework references: 16, 17

Plan policies cited: Policy RA4, Policy EN2, Policy EN3, Policy DHG9, Policy EN1, Policy OSS4, Policy RA3, Policy DEN1, Policy DEN2

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