grade II* listed

Appeal: 'Quirky' conversion of Victorian water tower rejected

20.02.2020

Matt Moody

building design | conversion | Design | grade II* listed | Green Belt | Heritage | South East

An inspector has dismissed plans to convert a water tower in the grounds of a grade II* listed manor house in the Hertfordshire green belt, despite acknowledging that the scheme would be an 'interesting and...
Appeal: ‘Ugly’ billboard next to grade II* listed pub ‘completely unacceptable’

14.02.2020

Matt Moody

advertising | grade II* listed | Heritage | heritage asset | London | pubs | visual amenity

An inspector has called a billboard opposite a historic pub in Camden that has allegedly been in place since 2006 ‘unnecessary and ugly', as well as rejecting the ‘completely unacceptable’ replacement...
Appeal: Residential conversion of grade-II* listed fire station tower rejected

06.08.2019

Matt Moody

conservation area | grade II* listed | Health | Heritage | listed building | London

An inspector has refused plans to convert a five-storey tower in north-west London into a one-bedroom flat, despite acknowledging that the plans would create 'a unique and novel living space within a...
Appeal: Housing scheme would harm ‘irreplaceable’ listed farmstead

16.04.2019

Matt Moody

grade II* listed | Housing | listed building | nature reserve | public inquiry | South East | VALUED LANDSCAPE

Plans for 150 homes near the Meon Valley in Hampshire would harm the setting of two grade II* listed buildings, an inspector has ruled, refusing permission despite the council’s housing supply shortfall....
Appeal: New housing to fund scheduled monument restoration

05.12.2018

Matt Moody

enabling development | equestrian | grade II* listed | Green Belt | Heritage | Housing | listed building | North West | scheduled monument

An ‘at risk’ 14th century scheduled monument in the Wirral green belt can be converted into four homes, an inspector has ruled, approving 27 more homes on the site to fund the scheme as ‘...
Appeal: Refurbishing waterlogged garden vaults would harm grade II* listed home

13.10.2017

conservation area | grade II* listed | Heritage | listed building | London

An inspector has refused plans to refurbish two underground vaults in the rear garden of a 17th century Hampstead home, ruling that their ‘humble and functional’ character would be lost,...