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Plans to knock down farmhouse refused by Newark and Sherwood District Council




Planners refused a proposal to knock down an old farmhouse said to be held together by a ratchet strap.

An application sought to knock down the farmhouse at Chapel Farm, Chapel Lane, Epperstone, and replace it with a larger home that replicated its design.

The proposal had the full backing of the parish council, but the issue before the district council’s planning committee was that the replacement was bigger and encroached on to land designated as greenbelt.

Farmhouse plans refused, Epperstone (58920837)
Farmhouse plans refused, Epperstone (58920837)

The parish council chairman told the meeting the farmhouse was on a ridge line very visible to the area and had been a real eyesore for the village for a number of years.

The proposal to demolish and replicate what was there, including a tower, had wide support in Epperstone.

The parish council chairman said the district council now agreed the farmhouse needed to be demolished, but the biggest issue was greenbelt.

He said it was an anomaly that buildings previously knocked down on the site in the past couldn’t be a consideration in the greenbelt argument.

Ward member Roger Jackson said a previous owner had built three houses on the ridge line but had then decided it was not viable to renovate the farmhouse.

It had been left dangerous and unsafe. He said parts held together with a ratchet strap.

Mr Jackson said the proposal had come from a local man keen to stay in the village and asked where was the consistency from the planning committee who had recently approved the demolition of a “perfectly good house” in the village and its replacement with something “way, way bigger?”

Planning committee chairman Roger Blaney said officers were advising them redevelopment was permissible but the scale of this proposed dwelling was unacceptable.

A vote was taken in line with the officer recommendation and the application refused on a majority vote.

Mr Blaney then said the committee appeared of a mind that a replacement dwelling on the site could be supported, allowing the applicant to come back with a revised proposal.



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