# 15 Compton Road, Buxton

- **Decision:** allowed, 21 September 2026
- **Decided by:** Planning Inspector: Elaine Moulton
- **Authority:** High Peak (East Midlands)
- **Appeal reference:** 6010311
- **Application reference:** HPK/2025/0140
- **Procedure:** householder
- **Development:** Replacement of timber porch windows and doors with heritage-style composite uPVC
- **Site context:** inside-settlement, conservation-area
- **Green Belt:** no
- **Framework applied:** August 2026 NPPF
- **Determinative policies:** HE9
- **Development plan policies:** High Peak Local Plan 2016 EQ6, EQ7, Buxton Conservation Areas Character Appraisal 2007
- **Main issues:** conservation area
- **Tags:** tier-2, conservation-area, transitional-no-consultation, upvc-windows

## Summary
Heritage-style uPVC to replace the timber joinery of two side porches on a positive building in Buxton College CA. Allowed, with detailed specifications reserved by condition, so the CA would be preserved (DL ¶17). There was no consultation on the new Framework because its content "has not significantly changed" for this case (DL ¶3).

## What made the difference
The rear porch timber was visibly rotten, so replacement rather than repair was justified. The Conservation Officer's objection was about missing specifications, not uPVC in principle, and a condition could cure that (DL ¶¶12–16).

## Policy findings
- **HE9: pass.** rotten rear-porch joinery justifies replacement; composite uPVC acceptable in principle; detailed profiles by condition; CA preserved (DL 11-17)

## Key facts
- Rear-porch timber substantially rotten or missing on site inspection; front porch replaced for consistency
- Manufacturer's literature showed thicker flat profiles than the plans, so details were reserved by pre-commencement condition

## Sources
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/published-document/159194e4-9c56-435c-a4a5-cc94c94efd41
- https://appeal-planning-decision.service.gov.uk/comment-planning-appeal/appeals/6010311

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