®Planning appeal decision
Wynchfield Pickhurst Road, Chiddingfold, Chiddingfold, GU8 4TG
alterations to existing ancillary barn, replacement of existing stables with single storey extension and change of use to a two bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Waverley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Redford R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the appeal site is a suitable location for the proposed development having regard to relevant policies relating to the countryside and accessibility
- whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II listed building known as the Barn 10 yards southwest of Wynchfield, its setting, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses, along with the setting of the Grade II listed building known as Wynchfield, and the 'curtilage listed' cowshed
- whether the proposal would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers with specific regard to privacy
- whether the proposal would affect protected species
What decided it
The less than substantial harm at the higher end to the significance of the heritage assets, which in accordance with paragraph 205 of the Framework must attract great weight, was not outweighed by the limited public benefits of providing one additional dwelling.
The limited public benefits of housing delivery and economic/social benefits of a single dwelling were outweighed by the less than substantial harm at the higher end to heritage significance, which attracted great weight in accordance with paragraph 205 of the Framework.
Framework references: 11, 208, 205
Plan policies cited: Policy SP2, Policy DM15, Policy HA1, Policy DM20, Policy BE6, Policy TD1, Policy DM5, Policy BE1, Policy NE1, Policy DM1
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.