We’re delighted to learn that the application to demolish the historic Freehold Land Society “garden house” at 29 Highton Street, Walkley has been refused. Even more importantly, the decision explicitly recognises its heritage value and that is given as one of the reasons for refusal. Read the decision notice for full details.
There were 23 objections to this scheme, many of them from HHB members. Thank you very much for your support – it is much needed in making a persuasive case for heritage and getting the attention of the Council.
Now we hold our breath. As we said in our previous article, the developer already has permission to demolish the historic building and replace it with three houses. We hope that by stopping a gross overdevelopment of nine apartments we can prompt a re-think, but we will have to wait and see.