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Landscape and Heritage
Middleton Lodge lies within Richmondshire District Council’s boundaries where the Local Plan (1999 – 2006) includes Policies 43 – 45 which allow for the protection of listed buildings, their sensitive alteration or extension and for appropriate reuse. Policy 46 – Protecting the Setting of Listed Buildings is particularly pertinent. It states “Development will be unacceptable if it intrudes upon and harms the setting of a listed building. This term includes as wide a surrounding area as necessary to ensure that open space, trees, and/or other buildings, to each of which the listed building may clearly relate, are fully protected. Where improved design detailing would help to minimise any harmful impact, modifications will be requested, but if the impact of new development results from fundamental issues of scale, character, and siting which cannot be resolved in this way, proposals will be rejected.” Policies can be viewed on www.planningportal.gov.uk.