Planning appeal decision
14 Calcutt Street, Cricklade, Swindon, SN6 6BD
Planning appeal 3343283 at 14 Calcutt Street, Cricklade, Swindon, SN6 6BD (Wiltshire Council) was dismissed on 4 September 2024 by Inspector Cuthbert L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the effect on the significance of the Cricklade Conservation Area and Bryn Cottage, a Grade II Listed Building, as designated heritage assets, through development in it and within its setting, and the non-designated heritage asset known as the Cricklade Museum, through development within its setting.
Detached double garage and store outbuilding, with ancillary floorspace above
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cuthbert L
- Postcode
- SN6 6BD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area, having particular regard to the effect on the significance of the Cricklade Conservation Area and Bryn Cottage, a Grade II Listed Building, as designated heritage assets, through development in it and within its setting, and the non-designated heritage asset known as the Cricklade Museum, through development within its setting
What decided it
The substantial harm to the significance of the listed building and conservation area caused by the incongruous scale, massing, design and fenestration of the proposed outbuilding outweighs the limited public benefits of the scheme.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Core Policy 57Core Policy 58
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 208Paragraph 209
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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