®Planning appeal decision
Hall Farm, Langley Upper Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 4RZ
Planning appeal 3337863 at Hall Farm, Langley Upper Green, Saffron Walden, CB11 4RZ (Uttlesford District Council) was dismissed on 24 July 2024 by Inspector Fleming L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development / works would preserve the grade II listed Langley Hall, Upper Green or its setting and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses and whether the scheme would harm the settings of the grade II listed Farmbuilding 55 metres to South East of Langley Hall, Upper Green and the grade II* listed Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Green.
change of use of 2 no. barns to create 1 no. 2 bed holiday let, and 1 no. 4 bed residential dwelling with internal and external alterations, a replacement extension to barn 1 and cart lodge, car parking and landscaping. Demolition of utilitarian building and silos and change of use of land to residential
- Authority
- Uttlesford District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Fleming L
- Postcode
- CB11 4RZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development / works would preserve the grade II listed Langley Hall, Upper Green or its setting and any features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses and whether the scheme would harm the settings of the grade II listed Farmbuilding 55 metres to South East of Langley Hall, Upper Green and the grade II* listed Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Green
What decided it
The loss and damage to historic fabric of the listed building (timber frame and brick plinth of Barn 1) could not be justified by the public benefits of the scheme, particularly given the absence of full technical details of how those works would be executed.
the public benefits of housing delivery, economic and social benefits, improved intervisibility of heritage assets, and restoration of the farmstead were insufficient to outweigh the considerable weight attached to the less-than-substantial harm to Langley Hall
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV2 of the Uttlesford Local Plan (2005)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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