{"id":38741,"date":"2024-01-12T17:04:37","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38741"},"modified":"2024-01-12T17:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:04:37","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-cotswold-resident-broke-planning-laws-in-works-to-farmhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38741","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Cotswold resident broke planning laws in works to farmhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Cotswold resident of Middle Hill Farm, Saintbury, Gloucestershire, pleaded guilty to undertaking unauthorised works to a Grade II listed building, reports <em>Punchline.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Punchline<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 The case before Gloucester Crown Court was heard in Winchester Crown Court.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Evetts received a 12-month conditional discharge and is required to complete the outstanding works within this time.<\/p>\n<p>He was also ordered to contribute \u00a36,000 towards Cotswold District Council&#8217;s costs and pay a victim surcharge of \u00a322\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Mr Evetts undertook a wide range of works to Middle Hill Farm farmhouse without consent from Cotswold District Council.<\/p>\n<p>The farmhouse is a Grade II listed building dating mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries and falls within both the Saintbury Conservation Area and Cotswolds Area of Outstanding National Beauty\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Juliet Layton, cabinet member for planning and regulatory services, said: \u201cListed building status exists to protect buildings of significant historic and architectural value\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026.Listed building status does not mean no work can take place, but it needs to be done in the right way to protect those buildings\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201c.\u2026We will continue to enforce breaches in planning law across the district to protect our unique heritage and preserve it for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution was brought by Cotswold District Council&#8217;s planning enforcement team with assistance from both the council&#8217;s counter fraud and enforcement unit (CFEU) and legal service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.punchline-gloucester.com\/articles\/aanews\/cotswold-resident-broke-planning-laws-in-works-to-farmhouse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cotswold resident of Middle Hill Farm, Saintbury, Gloucestershire, pleaded guilty to undertaking unauthorised works to a Grade II listed building, reports Punchline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38741"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38742,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38741\/revisions\/38742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}