Shilstone Farm, Chagford, Devon, TQ13 8JX

(a) the conversion of the garage to provide a residence for the client, which could also be used as holiday accommodation, (b) the conversion of the new stables to provide storage for machinery, laundry and dry storage, as well as staff facilities, (c) to provide a natural swimming pond on the site of the unused Upper Ménage, (d) to provide a small solar PV array on the roof of the existing carport

Authority: Dartmoor
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Change of use
Inspector: Tucker A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal upon the significance of the grade II listed buildings at Shilstone Farm
Whether the change of use of the stables needs to be justified

What decided it

The considerable harm to the significance of the grade II listed building and wider farmstead caused by the proposed rooflights, glazing and chimney outweighed the moderate public benefits of the scheme.

Framework references: 205, 208

Plan policies cited: SP1.1, SP1.5, SP2.7, SP2.8, P5.5, SP1.3, SP5.1

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