- Decision
- allowed, 11 September 2026
- Decided by
- Planning Inspector: R Hall
- Authority
- Buckinghamshire (South East)
- Appeal reference
- 6010310
- Application reference
- PL/25/5588/HB
- Procedure
- householder
- Development
- Listed building consent for glazed link between 20th-century extension and garage, new kitchen window and French doors
- Site context
- conservation area, inside settlement
- Green Belt
- No
- Framework applied
- August 2026 NPPF
- Determinative policies
- HE4
- Development plan policies
- Vale of Aylesbury Local Plan 2021 BE1
- Main issues
- special interest of listed building
Summary
Listed building consent for a small glazed link joining a 20th-century extension to a converted garage at a Grade II cottage. Allowed. The link would touch no historic fabric, keep the historic plan form legible, and not compete with the historic two-storey range. The Framework is referred to only generally ("satisfy the requirements of the Act and the Framework", DL ¶10).
What made the difference
The new work was confined to 20th-century fabric and was lightweight and glazed, so there was no harm to weigh. Note for indexers: the corpus index tagged this letter "S4" because of drawing numbers (SYKES/S4/P/…), not the policy.
Policy findings
Policy codes are those of the National Planning Policy Framework (August 2026) unless a development plan is named.
| Policy | Finding | Weight | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| HE4 | pass | link joins only 20th-century fabric; historic plan form legible; no harm to the special interest of the Grade II 17th-18th-century cottage (DL 6-10) |
Key facts
- Link connects two 20th-century elements; no loss of historic fabric
- The corpus S4 code tag is a false positive; "S4" is the plan-drawing prefix (SYKES/S4/P/01)
Sources
This note is one of the decisions behind the NPPF 2026 Navigator, which shows how each Framework test has been applied across all the decisions in the database. Also available as Markdown.