Townsend House , Spring Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1AL

described in the refusal notice as installation of both 2.4m high and 2.0m high wooden fencing inside the existing boundaries of Townsend House to reduce the noise levels of traffic (Retrospective)

Authority: Malvern Hills District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Sims B

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effects of the fencing on the setting of the Listed Townsend House itself, on the street scene of Worcester Road, and on the neighbouring property at No 228 Worcester Road, all in the context of the surrounding Malvern Link Conservation Area

What decided it

The less than substantial harm to the setting of the Grade 2 Listed Townsend House caused by the starkly modern and utilitarian appearance of the fencing, with no compensating public benefits, placed the development in unacceptable conflict with the development plan.

Plan policies cited: SWDP 6, SWDP 21, SWDP 24

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