Decision details

Alleged replacement windows on a listed building. Hsbc 2 The Commons Shaftesbury SP7 8JX

Decision Maker: Officer Delegated Decision

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

This decision is taken under delegated powers set out in Paragraph 145 of the Officer

Scheme of Delegation in the Council’s constitution, which grants delegated authority to

undertake all action in order to regulate any actual, perceived or potential breach of any

of the Town and Country Planning Legislation including:

(f) to determine whether or not to take action whether because in

his/her opinion the breach is trivial, there is insufficient demonstrable harm and/or, it

is not expedient to take / continue to take action

This authority has been delegated to me through the Local Scheme of Nomination for

the Executive Director for Place.

 

Reasons for the decision:

Conservation officer has assessed that the window

frame design is harmful to the building because the design detail is not reflective of the period of building. But the harm is considered less than substantial.

 

Alternative options considered:

 

 

Formal action, the harm having been ascertained as less than substantial means there is no public interest to take the matter

further.

 

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

None.

Financial Implications:

None.

Publication date: 30/06/2025

Date of decision: 30/06/2025