{"id":5012,"date":"2012-11-09T17:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T17:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2012-11-09T17:01:30","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T17:01:30","slug":"owners-of-listed-home-required-to-remove-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=5012","title":{"rendered":"Owners of listed home required to remove panels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Owners of a \u00a3750,000 listed home have been told by Wiltshire Council to tear down solar panels that caused ‘significant visual impact’, while public comments on one web site demonstrate the strength of feeling about the owners\u2019 approach and the public and statutory duties of the Council.<\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew and Claire Ashley have been ordered to rip down the \u00a310,000 panels from the grade II-listed property as the local council says the panels will have \u2018a significant visual impact which will diminish the special interest of the building’.<\/p>\n

The Thisismoney report includes a picture of the development, and notes<\/span>:
\nThe couple live in a late 18th-century home in Aldbourne, Wiltshire, with their children Hugh, eight, and Annabel, 11. The panels were installed in February but the couple applied for planning permission retrospectively. Permission to keep all 18 was refused by Wiltshire council, as was a revised application to retain 15.<\/p>\n

Andrew and Claire Ashley have been ordered to rip down the \u00a310,000 panels from the \u00a3750,000 grade II-listed property – despite insisting that they are only visible from the bottom of one neighbour’s garden.<\/p>\n

Installing 18 solar panels on the back of the roof seemed the best way to go green while preserving the character of their listed home. But out of sight is not out of mind as far as Andrew and Claire Ashley\u2019s local council is concerned.<\/p>\n

The couple have been ordered to rip down the \u00a310,000 panels from the \u00a3750,000 grade II-listed property \u2013 despite insisting that they are only visible from the bottom of one neighbour\u2019s garden.<\/p>\n

The panels will have \u2018a significant visual impact which will diminish the special interest of the building, including its character and setting\u2019, the council said in a report. \u2018The energy-saving benefits that may be derived are not considered to outweigh the harm that would be caused.\u2019 In addition, allowing them to remain would set a precedent which \u2018could have far-reaching consequences for Wiltshire\u2019s historic environment\u2019.<\/p>\n

Last night, Mr Ashley, 47, a company director, said: \u2018Our electricity bill has halved already \u2013 and the Government is encouraging people to do what we have done. If we have to pull them down we\u2019ll be devastated.\u2019 Mrs Ashley, 39, added: \u2018A house on the other side of the village green where the building is not listed has solar panels on its roof and they are completely visible from the front. It doesn\u2019t make sense.\u2019<\/p>\n

Hugh Bland, chairman of Aldbourne Parish Council\u2019s planning committee, said: \u2018They are on a listed building. They are highly visible from a neighbouring property and would be setting a precedent.\u2019<\/p>\n

Mr and Mrs Ashley are now considering whether to appeal.<\/p>\n

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