tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34826138162140555242024-03-08T23:49:01.289+00:00Trigpoint Conservation & Planning The Meeting PlaceCOMPANY PROFILEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810705388759299626noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482613816214055524.post-81458293617827263962011-11-13T19:53:00.000+00:002011-11-13T19:53:47.523+00:00Recent Successes for Trigpoint Conservation & Planning Barlestone & Quorn<div style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><style>
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</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span">Acting as the planning agent <b>Trigpoint Conservation & Planning</b></span><span class="apple-style-span"> </span>has been successful in securing valuable planning permissions for the conversion of a group of redundant farm buildings to two dwellings on a site near Barlestone and for the erection of three new houses within a residential garden in Quorn.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Approval for Barn Conversion in Barlestone</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council’s refusal of planning permission for the conversion of a small group of redundant farm buildings to two dwellings our clients approached Trigpoint Conservation & Planning to take the scheme forward.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By developing a new scheme, with plans by Peter Goddard, we were able to make a successful case not only for the conversion of these buildings to form two dwellings, but also with the addition of first floor extensions to provide additional living accommodation, which the planning officer had advised was contrary to the Council’s planning policy.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span">From the outset it was our view that these buildings were of some local historic interest and that conversion to residential use was the only viable long-term solution.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span">We also provided a detailed analysis of the buildings to show that the scheme, even with a roof extension to accommodate a first floor, would retain the integrity of the buildings’ agricultural character and appearance.<span> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="apple-style-span">It was very pleasing to see that on the strength of our planning case that the planning officer was able to grant planning permission for the proposed development, even </span>commenting that this success was very much attributable to the agents that the applicant had employed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">From our point of view it is very pleasing to see that these historic farm buildings now have a long-term future and our client can now proceed with her plans to develop two family homes. </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><hr align="center" size="2" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" width="100%" /> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Approval for 3 New Dwellings in Quorn</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our clients approached us after Charnwood Borough Council had refused planning permission on conservation and highway safety grounds.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was our view that this was a perfectly acceptable proposal which with some modifications and a more detailed assessment of the impact of the development on the conservation area and adjacent listed church could be granted planning permission by the Council.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">By applying a more considered approach to the planning issues, and with a degree of persistence, we were able to demonstrate that the development would secure significant highway benefits by the provision of a turning head at the end of the street without harming the conservation area or the setting of the listed church.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So by resolving the conflicting objectives of the highways officer and the conservation officer, our clients were rewarded with a valuable planning permission for the development of three new dwellings in the centre of Quorn.<i> </i></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Our aim is to help our clients achieve their planning aspirations for their site, you can be confident that we will provide a realistic assessment of the development potential of a site and practical advice on the strategy for dealing with the development proposals, allowing our clients to identify and manage any potential risks and objections and increasing their chances of obtaining a planning approval.</span></div>COMPANY PROFILEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810705388759299626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482613816214055524.post-68787982316299523352010-01-16T11:05:00.004+00:002011-11-13T18:41:28.952+00:00Lack of Heritage Report Costs 8 House Plots<div style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">Leicester Grammar School, Evington Hall, Spencefield Lane, Leicester</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">A recent appeal case in Leicester shows the importance of getting the right advice at the right time in the development process, which in this case would have added value to the development proposals and may have saved the City Council money.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Having refused planning permission for 18 dwellings in the grounds of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Evington Hall</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, a Grade II listed building, Trigpoint Conservation & Planning was commissioned by Leicester City Council to prepare its case for the public inquiry in respect of the potential impact of the development on the setting of the listed building.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After a detailed assessment of the proposals Trigpoint Conservation & Planning was confident that there were sufficient grounds to support the Council’s case; the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">appellants had not provided the required assessment of the potential impact of the proposed development on the listed building’s setting and </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">the development of houses on the land alongside the building was likely to have an adverse impact on its setting. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">However in the week before the Inquiry the Council withdrew its objections and so Trigpoint Conservation & Planning was not able to present the Council’s case to the Inspector. The heritage </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">consultant acting on behalf of the appellant,</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> Mr Paul Drury of</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The Paul Drury Partnership, was however able to </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">make the appellant’s case, arguing that the development of houses alongside the listed building would not harm its setting.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In what is quite a complex appeal decision, that was also accompanied by a costs claim, the Inspector allowed the appeal and awarded costs against the Council (he perhaps had little option given the Council’s late decision to withdraw its objections) but in dealing with the heritage issues the Inspector fully agreed with the advice given to the Council by Trigpoint Conservation & Planning and dismissed the appellant’s case. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">He made the point in dealing with the costs application that the </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">appellant</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> had not submitted sufficient information with the original application to assess the impact of the development on the listed building’s setting, and he went on to say that he shared our concerns that dwellings to the side and rear of the Hall would harm its open setting and so he attached a condition preventing any development in these areas. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The appellants clearly did not provide the right advice at the right time. Had they provided a heritage statement with their planning application the Council would not have raised any objections relating to the setting of the listed building as its main concern related to the lack of information. This decision has now become a very expensive mistake as the appellants have effectively lost 8 valuable housing plots.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Trigpoint Conservation & Planning on the other hand is able to take some satisfaction from the fact that our concerns regarding the lack of supporting information and our appraisal of the development potential of this site were both fully accepted by the Inspector, underlining the sound professional advice given by Trigpoint Conservation & Planning to its client.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Our aim is to help our clients achieve their planning aspirations for their site, you can be confident that we will provide a realistic assessment of the development potential of a site and practical advice on the strategy for dealing with the development proposals, allowing our clients </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">to identify and manage any potential risks and objections</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #38761d; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and increasing their chances of obtaining a planning approval</span></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><o:p></o:p></div>COMPANY PROFILEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810705388759299626noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482613816214055524.post-38162910321320455872009-07-14T19:48:00.006+01:002011-11-13T18:42:14.307+00:00FURTHER SUCCESS ON APPEAL: SEAGRAVE & RUSHTON<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Trigpoint Conservation & Planning</span></span></span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> has secured a new village home for one of our clients </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and has also secured an extension to </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">a group of former farm buildings</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> allowing another of our clients to expand her business.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Both cases demonstrate our approach to providing sound planning judgements backed up by thorough research of the planning policies and historical analysis of the buildings in question.</span></span></span></span><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">SEAGRAVE</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Acting as planning advisors, alongside David Granger Associates, </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Trigpoint Conservation & Planning</span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> combined its expertise </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">in mainstream planning and historic environment issues</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> in order to secure the conversion of a redundant agricultural building </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">in the village of Seagrave, near Loughborough,</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> into a dwelling house.</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Charnwood Borough Council opposed the conversion of this redundant farm building to a new dwelling, arguing that the village was not a sustainable location for any further development and that the proposed conversion would also harm the village conservation area. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">From the outset it was our view </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">that, given the range of local services and those accessible by public transport, the village was not an unsustainable location for new development</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> and that the Council’s reliance on its emerging Core Strategy over the existing local plan policies was fundamentally wrong. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We also provided an analysis of the building to show that whilst it was of only limited architectural merit, it did have an important link with the village’s agricultural heritage and consequently it was of local historic interest and made a positive contribution to the character of the conservation area.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It was our view therefore that it was important to retain the building and find an appropriate new use for it. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It was very pleasing to see that on the strength of our planning case the Inspector was minded to approve the appeal.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Inspector noted that the creation of one additional dwelling in the village close to village services and re-using previously developed land was a sustainable form of development and that conversion of the building to a dwelling would retain the integrity of the important group of buildings, enhancing the character and appearance of the conservation area. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">As a result our client can now develop his plans to convert this former agricultural building to a new home.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">RUSHTON</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Another case involving redundant farm buildings, these being located just outside the village of Rushton, near Kettering, although still within the village conservation area.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In this case the buildings had already been converted to a residential property that was also used in connection with our client’s business.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kettering Borough Council however opposed a modest extension to these buildings, suggesting that the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">proposed extensions would be out of keeping with the existing form and design of the former agricultural buildings, altering their character and harming the Conservation Area. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In reaching their decision the Council cited a document they claimed to be a conservation area appraisal, even though it was </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">clearly out of date, having been published at least 20 years ago before the buildings had even been converted, and as we discovered had rarely been used in any planning decisions.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hardly a sound document on which to build a case and we made sure the Inspector was aware of its dubious status. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Council also wanted to preserve the agricultural character of these buildings without really investigating their history.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">It was clear from our research and analysis of the buildings that in converting the original redundant agricultural buildings to a dwelling there had been new additions to the original buildings and major structural changes that had already damaged their original character. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Not only were we able to show to the Inspector that the buildings were not exactly as the Council portrayed, we also demonstrated, by way of photographic views, that </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">proposed extensions were very much in keeping with the form and design of the existing buildings and would have no adverse impact on the prevailing character or appearance of the conservation area</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">. </span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #38761d; line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Inspector allowed the appeal noting that in his view the proposed development would not have a material effect on the existing group of buildings and that it would preserve the </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">character or appearance of the Rushton Conservation Area</span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span">As a result our client can now extend her property and secure the long-term future of her business by offering a much improved range of facilities to her clients.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>COMPANY PROFILEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810705388759299626noreply@blogger.com0