Planning appeal decision
Cream Cottage, Claybrooke Parva, LE17 5AE
Planning appeal 3337927 at Cream Cottage, Claybrooke Parva, LE17 5AE (Harborough District Council) was dismissed on 29 August 2024 by Inspector Stephens K, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect that retaining the metal roof installed on the carport without compliance with Condition 6 has on the setting of the Grade II listed building known as Cream Cottage.
Creation of new site access and erection of carport” without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 20/00515/FUL dated 9 April 2020
- Authority
- Harborough District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Stephens K
- Postcode
- LE17 5AE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect that retaining the metal roof installed on the carport without compliance with Condition 6 has on the setting of the Grade II listed building known as Cream Cottage
- the effect that retaining the metal roof installed on the carport without compliance with Condition 6 has on the character or appearance of the Claybrooke Parva Conservation Area
- the effect that retaining the metal roof installed on the carport without compliance with Condition 6 has on the settings of nearby listed buildings
What decided it
The metal roof causes less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building and conservation area, and the minimal public benefits do not outweigh this harm when weighed against the requirements of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and the Framework.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HC1Policy GD8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 205Paragraph 207Paragraph 208
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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