The Red Cow 11 High Street Chrishall Essex SG8 8RN

1. 1.The scale, layout and appearance of the proposed development fails to respond to the local context of the site and would be visually prominent within the street scene. The proposed buildings would appear disconnected with The Red Cow public house and appear as a standalone development within a prominent location in the village that would fail to respond to local pattern of development causing harm to the historic environment. The proposals would be detrimental to the character and appearance of existing buildings and their setting within Chrishall, failing to integrate would the street scene, nor be proportionate in scale and appearance to surrounding built form. The proposed development would fail to comply with the Core Policies 21(ii), 51(ii) and 52, and Development Policy 8 of the Uttlesford Local Plan (2026).
2. 2.The proposal would fail to preserve the setting of multiple Grade II listed buildings - Red Cow Inn (List Entry No. 1170397), The Barn to the South-West of the Red Cown Inn (List Entry No. 1322472), Chrishall Cottage Mullions Cottage (List Entry No. 1170381) and The Gate (List Enty No. 1322468) - causing harm to the setting of each of the assets. The public benefits of the proposal would not outweigh the identified cumulative level of harm caused to these designated heritage assets. Accordingly, the proposal would be contrary to Core Policies 61 and 62 of the Uttlesford Local Plan 2021-2041 (adopted March 2026), Section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, and Policy HE6 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

SG8 8RN

Date validated

12 June 2026