Decision details

It was noted that the Members had visited the site on the previous day.

The Planning Officer introduced the report and informed Members that the barn was a non-designated heritage asset that was situated within the flood zone of the River Derwent.  The Officer also reported that the applicant didn’t meet the local needs criteria, as he already had a house that met his needs and he wasn’t from the parish or neighbouring parish. Furthermore, the proposed dwelling would not meet the local community need either as the Parish Housing survey showed no need for more one bedroomed dwellings.

The following spoke under the Public Participation at Meetings Scheme:

·         Mr Trevor Smith, Applicant and Mr Craig Barks, Agent shared the 3 minute speaking allocation.

Members considered that although they would  like to see the barn preserved to ensure that it had a long-term future, this was not the right way of doing it and that the proposed floor levels and the new openings in the gable ends were not appropriate to the character of the building which had been there for over 200 years. 

The Officer recommendation to refuse the application was moved, seconded, voted on and carried.

RESOLVED:

To REFUSE the application for the following reason:

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1.      The proposed development would harm the significance of the barn and its setting within the wider landscape contrary to Core Strategy policies GSP1, GSP2, GSP3, L1, L3 and HC1, saved Local Plan policies LC4 and LC8 and the National Planning Policy Framework.