®Planning appeal decision
Tamworth Street Motors, 4 Tamworth Street, Duffield, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 4ER
Demolition of existing garages and workshops. Erection of 2 new-build detached dwellings with associated parking
- Authority
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Aston R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the setting of Tamworth House, a Grade II Listed Building
- Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Duffield Bank Conservation Area
- Whether the proposal would safeguard the Outstanding Universal Value of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site
- Protected species
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to outlook, light and privacy
- Flooding and flood risk
- If conflict with the development plan, taken as a whole is identified, whether such conflict is outweighed by other material considerations
What decided it
The less-than-substantial harms to the setting of Tamworth House, the conservation area and the World Heritage Site Buffer Zone, when considered cumulatively, were not outweighed by the public benefits of housing delivery and brownfield reuse.
The less-than-substantial harms to multiple heritage assets, when considered cumulatively, outweighed the public benefits of two new homes on a brownfield site and the removal of a commercial use, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development was disapplied.
Framework references: 11, 125, 178, 181, 220
Plan policies cited: Policy EN3, Policy EN4, Policy EN5, Policy EN8, Policy EN15
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.