Stylehurst Weare Street, Ockley, DORKING, RH5 5JD

conversion of existing residential store/garage into new dwelling, with single storey rear extension, raising of the ridgeline, two rear dormers and introduction of accommodation within the roof

Authority: Mole Valley District Council
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Sabu R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would preserve a Grade II listed building, Stylehurst, and any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
whether the proposal would accord with the Council's development plan strategy for biodiversity net gain

What decided it

The harm to the significance of the Grade II listed building arising from subdivision of its curtilage was not outweighed by the limited public benefits of the scheme.

the limited weight given to the public benefit of a single additional dwelling did not outweigh the considerable weight given to the less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building

Framework references: 212, 213

Plan policies cited: Policy EN6, Policy EN9

Judgments cited: Attorney-General ex rel Sutcliffe v Calderdale Borough Council [1983] JPL 310

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