# 2 West Edge Cottage, West Edge, Marsh Gibbon

- **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
- **Tags:** tier-2, listed-building-consent, heritage-no-harm, parties-consulted-on-2026-framework, limited-nppf-engagement

## 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
- **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
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6010310
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/e7359619-6249-4541-add3-af0a99cdb5d0

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