Garden Cottage, Flat 1, Vinehall Road, Mountfield, TN32 5JU

single storey rear extension, new covered porch and internal alterations

Authority: Rother District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Other minor developments
Inspector: Housden C

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the host building and area, having regard to the location of the site within the High Weald National Landscape and to the significance of the building as a non-designated heritage asset

What decided it

The proposed rear extension would result in unacceptable harm to the significance of the non-designated heritage asset and the landscape and scenic beauty of the High Weald National Landscape through its excessive scale, bulky design, poor architectural quality, and inappropriate domestication of a former agricultural building.

Plan policies cited: Policy OSS4, Policy RA2, Policy RA3, Policy RA4, Policy EN1, Policy EN2, Policy EN3, Policy DEN1, Policy DEN2

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
Landscape and environment. Green belt, national parks and national landscapes, SSSIs, ancient woodland, SPA, SAC and Ramsar sites, nutrient catchments.
Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
Transport. The 800 metre station catchment and service frequency, bus stops with their weekday frequency, the cycle network, and the Framework’s transport tests measured for the site.

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