W/11/00829/PN – Additional House on Hurdlands

The ground height profiles submitted with the application grossly misrepresent the developments impact. Accurate profiles including ground floor levels can be seen in the next 2 slides which show the dominance of this development on the houses most effected namely Fern Cottage and High Bank House.

Light Intrusion and Flooding concerns have not been addressed.

Planning Objection ~ Overlooking / Loss of Privacy

High Bank House

Fern Cottage

Proposed New Development

W/11/00829/PN – Additional House on Hurdlands

Planning Objection ~ Overlooking / Loss of Privacy

Overlooking concerns – High Bank House

SECTION THROUGH PROPOSED DWELLING at HURLANDS and HIGH BANK HOUSE, HARTLEBURY SHOWING IMPACT ON LISTED BUILDING

Aug 2011 Approx. Scale 1:200 H 1:200V

New development will overlook the Grade II Listed Building ‘High

Bank House’ at an unacceptable angle.

W/11/00829/PN – Additional House on Hurdlands

Overlooking concerns – Fern Cottage

Planning Objection ~ Overlooking / Loss of Privacy

New development will create privacy issues

over Fern Cottage

SECTION THROUGH PROPOSED DWELLING at HURLANDS and FERN COTTAGE, HARTLEBURY Aug 2011 Approx. Scale 1:200 H 1:200V

W/11/00829/PN – Additional House on Hurdlands

Planning Objection ~ Local, Strategic, Regional and National Planning Policies

‘Hartlebury conservation area has retained its earlier layout, though there is some modern encroachment into former gardens of larger houses. The preservation of the spaces that remains is essential to preserving the character and appearance of the remnant of its historic core.’

Section 3.17 ~ The Hartlebury Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan

Proposed Dwelling impact from

Church

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Planning Objection ~ Effect on Listed Building & Conservation Area

‘The conservation area, …is dominated by the church which sits high on the eastern slope. The historic core has been relatively untouched by 20th century expansion so that the immediate relationship of the conservation area to its rural hinterland remains intact.’

Section 3.3 ~ The Hartlebury Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan

Line of Sight from Church

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Planning Objection ~ Visual Amenity

‘… the lack of interruption by buildings and presence of planting contributes to an impression of openness appreciated from glimpses over boundaries and between buildings. Many of these green spaces are also important to the setting of historic buildings.’

Section 4.40 ~ The Hartlebury Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan

Proposed Dwelling impact from Public

Footpath