Planning appeal decision
Pratts Green Farmhouse, Pratts Green Farm, Malting End, Kirtling, Newmarket , CB8 9HH
Planning appeal 3339409 at Pratts Green Farmhouse, Pratts Green Farm, Malting End, Kirtling, Newmarket , CB8 9HH (East Cambridgeshire District Council) was dismissed on 5 September 2024 by Inspector Bayliss G, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve the special architectural or historic interest of the Grade II listed building, Pratts Green Farmhouse, and the setting of the Grade II listed building, Ash Leas, and whether their significance as heritage assets would be preserved.
refurbishment and single extension of existing farmhouse. Demolition of existing (non-historic) extension. (Resubmission following withdrawal of 22/00682/FUL)
- Authority
- East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
- Postcode
- CB8 9HH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would preserve the special architectural or historic interest of the Grade II listed building, Pratts Green Farmhouse, and the setting of the Grade II listed building, Ash Leas, and whether their significance as heritage assets would be preserved
What decided it
The considerable, adverse impact of the proposed extension on the special interest and significance of the listed Farmhouse significantly outweighed the moderate weight attributed to the collective public benefits.
The less than substantial harm to the significance of Pratts Green Farmhouse, attributed considerable importance and weight, significantly outweighed the moderate weight given to the collective public benefits of the scheme.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy Growth 2Policy ENV1Policy ENV2Policy ENV12
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 195Paragraph 205Paragraph 206Paragraph 207Paragraph 208
- Judgments
- R. (Juden) v the London Borough of Tower Hamlets [2021] EWHC 1368 (Admin); Kay v SSHCLG [2020] EWHC 2292 (Admin)
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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