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Dismissed30 April 20253356085

Fentons Farm Fentons Road, Rayne, Braintree, CM77 6SL

Planning appeal 3356085 at Fentons Farm Fentons Road, Rayne, Braintree, CM77 6SL (Braintree District Council) was dismissed on 30 April 2025 by Inspector Price A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development and works would preserve the site's Grade II listed buildings, or any features of special architectural or historic interest which they possess, and the setting of an adjacent Grade II listed building.

described on the application form as the conversion of existing listed barns into a single dwelling, including small extension and link

Authority
Braintree District Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Hearing
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Price A
Postcode
CM77 6SL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the proposed development and works would preserve the site's Grade II listed buildings, or any features of special architectural or historic interest which they possess, and the setting of an adjacent Grade II listed building
  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the site and surrounding area
  • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the future occupiers of the dwelling, with particular regard to privacy

What decided it

The harm to the special interest and significance of the Grade II listed weatherboarded and thatched barns, arising from the glazed link's timber slats and the bat loft, was not outweighed by the public benefits of the scheme.

The limited-moderate public benefits (optimum viable use, economic benefits, repairs, biodiversity net gain, minor housing contribution) did not outweigh the considerable weight attached to the less than substantial (at least moderate level) harm to the listed barns and the harm to character and appearance, so the balance tipped against the proposal.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy SP7Policy LPP40(b)Policy LPP47Policy LPP57Policy LPP40(e)Policy LPP52Policy LPP35Policy LPP52(p)Policy LPP40(d)
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 212Paragraph 213Paragraph 214Paragraph 215
Judgments
Shimbles v City of Bradford MBC [2018] EWHC 195 (Admin)

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