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DC Casebook: Housing: New build - Carbon benefits justify modern design
Housing new build
Planning, 22 August 2008
The construction of three zero carbon eco-dwellings has been approved in a Cornish conservation area despite council concerns over their contemporary design.
All three proposed houses were single storey with low zinc-covered roofs. Although the site lay in a conservation area, the inspector found no strong design theme in the locality. The houses would be of high-quality, innovative design and sought to meet government aims for all homes to be built to zero carbon standards by 2016, he found. In his view, this outweighed the council claim that their appearance was incongruous.
DCS Number 100-056-677
Inspector Douglas Machin; Written representations.
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