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High Court on NDHAs in conservation areas: assess whole proposal under NPPF 135; balanced judgement required; no duty to link demolition to rebuild (Bohm v SCLG, England and Wales)

Published on: 11 December 2017

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Original news Bohm and others v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2017] EWHC 3217 (Admin) What is the significance of the decision for decision-makers and developers?

The ruling offers helpful guidance on the NPPF’s heritage provisions, which should be approached as a coherent whole and applied in a practical, purposive way, rather than read piecemeal. It draws a clear line between NDHAs, which lack statutory protection, and designated heritage assets, which benefit from it. NDHAs fall under paragraph 135 of the NPPF, requiring the application to be examined in its entirety, with a balanced judgement reached by the decision maker, based on the proposal’s overall merits. The NPPF does not prescribe the mechanics of that exercise, nor the weight to be attached to any given consideration, allowing professional judgement too. The correct methodology is that, where an NDHA contributes positively to a conservation area, the decision maker must assess the proposal, including the NDHA’s loss, and in doing so any harm to the conservation area should be weighed against the public benefits. It must also be borne in mind that the policy at paragraph 135 of the NPPF only asks decision makers to take all reasonable steps...

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