Agenda item

19/03394/LBC - Melksham House, 27 Market Place, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 6ES

 A report by the Case Officer is attached.

Minutes:

The Committee received a short presentation from the Head of Development Management which set out the main issues in respect of the application for Listed Building Consent. The listed building application sought consent to demolish former outbuildings to Melksham House including the former stable block and remnants of garden walls and outbuildings associated with the kitchen garden, together with alterations to the entrance onto the Market Place via the demolition and relocation of one of the separately listed gate piers. 

 

Members of the Committee then had the opportunity to ask technical questions but there were none.

 

It was noted that no letters of representation had been received from members of the public and no members of the public had registered to make statements at the meeting. However, an objection had been received from the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) on the grounds that the scale and proximity of the new building would harm the setting of the grade 11 listed house.  Furthermore, the proposed landscaping and extent of new car parking around the house would have a detrimental impact to the setting of the house.  The Committee was informed that In view of these objections from SPAB, should the Committee resolve to approve the application, it would be necessary to refer the application to the Secretary of State for a final decision.  

 

After some discussion,

 

Resolved:

 

To approve the application subject to the following conditions and referral to the Secretary of State.

 

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The works for which Listed Building Consent is hereby granted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this consent.

 

REASON:   To comply with the provisions of Section 18 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

 

No works shall commence on the garden wall until a schedule of repair/alteration for the kitchen garden wall has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, in the interests of protecting the listed building and its historic setting.

 

No works shall commence on the gate pier until a detailed methodology of how it will be relocated has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The development shall then be carried out in accordance with the approved details.

 

REASON: The application contained insufficient information to enable this matter to be considered prior to granting planning permission and the matter is required to be agreed with the Local Planning Authority before development commences in order that the development is undertaken in an acceptable manner, in the interests of protecting the listed building and its historic setting.

 

 

The development hereby permitted shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans:

 

gate posts P01, Building A - existing/demolition P01, Building B - existing/demolition P01, Building G - existing elevations P01, Site elevations/sections P01, Site plan - existing P03, Site Location Plan P03, Site Plan demolitions P01 all received on 1st April 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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