Planning appeal decision
Cressbrook Hall, Bottomhill Road, Cressbrook, Derbyshire, SK17 8SY
Planning appeal 3364693 at Cressbrook Hall, Bottomhill Road, Cressbrook, Derbyshire, SK17 8SY (Peak District) was allowed on 1 October 2025 by Inspector Martinson P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the works preserve the Grade II listed building of Cressbrook Hall and attached terracing, with particular regard to its setting.
Provision of two parking bays with hipped roof canopy, removal of disused oil tank, excavation of hillside alongside driveway, felling of 4 low quality trees in woodland, associated landscaping and hard-standing provision
- Authority
- Peak District
- Appeal type
- other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Martinson P
- Postcode
- SK17 8SY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the works preserve the Grade II listed building of Cressbrook Hall and attached terracing, with particular regard to its setting
What decided it
The appeal scheme would preserve the special interest and significance of Cressbrook Hall and would have no discernibly greater impact on the parkland setting than the fallback position of the extant consent being implemented.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Peak District National Park Core Strategy (2011) Policy L3Peak District National Park Development Management Policies (2019) DMC5Peak District National Park Development Management Policies (2019) DMC7
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 12
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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