A planned conversion of holiday lets into residential properties at the historic Hunmanby Hall has been blocked by North Yorkshire Council.
Plans to turn the nine holiday lets into residential accommodation have been rejected by the council over “unacceptable amenity impacts”.
The development is at Hall Park Road on the estate of Hunmanby Hall, a Grade-II* Listed building dating from the early 17th century.
The sports hall and gym building were created when Hunmanby Hall was a boarding school for girls, which closed in 1991.
Last year, the council approved the construction of nine holiday cottages at Hunmanby Hall, including the conversion of the gym building and demolition of the sports hall, despite “strong objections” from the parish council and more than 50 residents.
At the time, NYC set a condition limiting their use to holiday purposes, but applicant Morten Schmidt-Hansen applied for their residential use to be approved.
According to a planning report, when officers visited the site, construction works had commenced and were “at an advanced stage”.
Hunmanby Parish Council said it
“strongly objects to the proposal, which is on a site which is outside of the development limits and contradicts a condition that was placed on the original decision notice restricting the use of the buildings”.
It added:
“The application would likely not have been approved should market residential have been proposed.”
A major concern raised by planning officers was that the development has a layout which was designed for holiday accommodation, despite amendments to the scheme.
Planners noted that in several of the properties
“the internal floor space is not up to the standard expected for permanent accommodation and would not present a good standard of amenity to future residents on site”.
The council concluded that whilst it could accept the principle of permanent residential accommodation on the site, the
“design and layout of the development is inherently set up for holiday accommodation”.
“Holiday lets have a lower threshold for amenity than permanent residential accommodation, and this has informed the inherent site layout and design.”
The planning authority stated that the scheme was “unacceptable in terms of residential amenity” and refused the application on Friday, November 28.
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