®Planning appeal decision
78 Hewlett Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL52 6AR
to excavate the earth to the rear of the basement to allow for steps to be built from basement level to current ground level of garden. This will be built in place of the existing lightwell to the basement. This will also require the removal of around 12 courses of brickwork beneath the existing window. The existing brick arch above will remain along with the existing width of the original Sash opening. We then propose to change the rear sash window for a small French doors the same width as the original sash window. The door will be made to imitate the look of the current 4 pane sash window by having a solid timber bottom painted and glass in top half to imitate current sash window look
- Authority
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Dawe A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposals would preserve the significance of the Grade II listed building and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
What decided it
The loss of historic fabric and harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building caused by removing the window and extending the opening downwards was not justified by clear and convincing evidence of necessity, and the limited public benefits were insufficient to outweigh this harm.
Framework references: 210, 212, 213, 215
Plan policies cited: Policy D1 of the Cheltenham Plan (2020), Policy SD8 of the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031, Policy SD4 of the JCS
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