®Planning appeal decision
1 Fort Mount, MARGATE, Kent, CT9 1HQ
internal partition alterations, structural works to rear basement wall, removal of chimney breast to all floors together with installation of 1 No. rooflight to rear roof slope, installation of casement window to first floor rear elevation and installation of casement window to lower ground floor rear extension together with repointing of rear flint elevation and paint to front elevation
- Authority
- Thanet District Council
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Shields T
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Ground (d): whether the works to the building were urgently necessary in the interests of safety or health or for the preservation of the building, that it was not practicable to secure safety, health or preservation by works of repair or temporary support/shelter, and that the works carried out were limited to the minimum measures immediately necessary
- Ground (e): the effect of the works on the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building
- Ground (g): whether the notice requirements exceed what is necessary for restoring the building to its condition before the works were carried out
- Ground (h): whether the period specified in the notice falls short of what should reasonably be allowed
- Appeal B: the effect of the proposed works on the special architectural and historic interest of the listed building
What decided it
The unjustified loss of historic chimney breasts and disruption of the building's historic single-cell plan form and staircase caused significant harm to the listed building's special interest that was not outweighed by the minor public benefits advanced.
the minor public benefits advanced (heritage benefit of restoring long-term viability) did not outweigh the significant, less-than-substantial harm to the listed building's special interest, and the wider public interest in preservation outweighed the occupiers' personal/HRA circumstances
Framework references: 213, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy HE03
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