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DC Casebook: Housing new build - Cottage refused in conservation area

Housing new build

Planning, 9 May 2008

Two appellants seeking to replace a grade II listed cottage destroyed by fire in a Hampshire conservation area have failed to win approval for a three-bedroom thatched cottage because it did not reflect the area's character.

The appellants proposed a two-storey replacement home with a broadly square plan form, finished in brick with a thatched roof. While conceding that the use of brick and thatch matched the local vernacular, the inspector found its detailing and finishing lacking in conviction and judged that it failed to reinforce the locally distinctive qualities of its surroundings.

Its vertical emphasis was made more prominent by the width and height of gable and dormer roofs that were disproportionately large compared with the remaining roof pitches, he opined. He was also concerned that the brickwork lacked any variety in colour and was to be laid in a modern fashion. He decided that the proposal would harm the character of the conservation area.

DCS Number 100-054-427

Inspector David Morgan; Hearing.