Pilcot Mill, Dogmersfield, Hampshire, Hook, RG27 8SX

installation of a fish and eel pass within the spillway of Pilcot Mill

Authority: Hart District Council
Appeal type: other · Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: utilities-energy · Other minor developments
Inspector: Hall R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the proposal would preserve the Grade II listed building known as Pilcot Mill or any of the features of special architectural or historic interest that it possesses
The extent to which the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Dogmersfield Conservation Area

What decided it

The considerable ecological public benefits of improving fish and eel migration, achieving Water Framework Directive objectives, and enhancing biodiversity resilience outweighed the less than substantial harm to the listed building's significance.

Framework references: 212, 213, 215, 220

Plan policies cited: Policy NBE8 of the Hart Local Plan (Strategy & Sites) 2032

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