67 Main Street, Bushby (replacement dwelling in conservation area)

6009245·Harborough·2 Oct 2026dismissed·26/00298/FUL

Tier label used

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The tier sentence ¶12

“a more efficient and updated home in a sustainable village”

Summary

A replacement dwelling in the Bushby Conservation Area was dismissed on an appeal planning officer's recommendation. The new house would dilute the spacious plot pattern and appear overtly contemporary and dominant, harming the conservation area. With no net gain in homes, the public benefits did not outweigh that harm under HE6(4). The design conflict with DP3(1) and (2) was then run as a "should be refused" policy through S4, and the benefits were substantially outweighed.

Why this is cited

This decision was picked up by the search on the words above, which refer to services, not to a settlement tier. Claimed benefit described as a "sustainable village location"; no tier referenced; conservation area appeal.

Sources

Decision on the Planning Inspectorate appeals service · full decision note · letter pins-corpus/6009245.txt

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