The local planning authority is of the opinion that, due to its form, footprint and design, the extension would be detrimental to the character, appearance and setting of the Grade II listed building. The extended shallow pitched roof, the lead-lined insets in the roof, to accommodate the first floor windows, and the outward projection to the rear, adjacent to the main rear gable, would not reflect the simple, modest two-storey form and proportions of the existing building. It would detract from the pre-eminence of the main half-timbered gable and obscure a section of the external timber framing. This would adversely affect the setting of the building and detract from its architectural and historic qualities. As such, it would be contrary to the intentions of saved Policies H/17 and EV/1 of the adopted Borough of Charnwood Local Plan, Environment Policy 1 of the Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Structure Plan and to the national policy guidance set out in PPG15 (Planning and the Historic Environment), which seek to ensure that extensions to dwellings are compatible, in terms of scale, mass, design and materials, with the original dwelling and that the character and settings of buildings of architectural and historic interest are preserved.

The local planning is of the view that the proposed works, which include the removal of a section of the side wall of the rear gable containing stone at plinth level and original brickwork set in the original timber frame of the building, would be detrimental to the preservation of features of the building that mark its importance as a listed building and, as such, would be contrary to the intentions of the national policy guidance set out in PPG15 (Planning and the Historic Environment), which seeks to ensure that the character and settings of buildings of architectural and historic interest are preserved.