By Jamie Waller, Local Democracy Reporter
Plans to build an elaborate country house close to a Rushcliffe village are likely to be turned down.
The application is for a bungalow in the grounds of Easthorpe House, near Ruddington, to be demolished, and replaced with a large Georgian-style building.
Rushcliffe Borough Council says the development is inappropriate for the historic gardens, and planning officers are reccommending councillors refuse it.
It would be located 50 metres away from the Grade II listed Easthorpe House, which is now used as a special school, and other listed buildings.
The plans have been submitted by Kamal Singh Missan.
A similar application was refused in 2022, with the council labelling the proposal “a high status country house”.
The architect has now put together what they describe as “a more sympathetic proposal” with simplified design.
Georgian architecture was a popular building style in the 1700s and early 1800s, with examples such as the grand Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.
The plans describe “a substantial two-storey dwelling with the appearance of a neo-classical/Georgian country house” with at least four bedrooms.
A council report says: “the proposed development would represent inappropriate development in the Green Belt with no very special circumstances demonstrated to justifying considering the proposal otherwise”.
It also says it would “cause harm to the significance and setting of the Grade II Listed Easthorpe House, and the Grade II Listed Stable Block to the south west of the application site, and the historic gardens and parkland”.
As well as the bungalow, the plans call for three other outbuildings to be demolished.
Ruddington Parish Council have made no objections to the plan.
The application will go before Rushcllife Borough Council’s planning committee for a final decision on Thursday, September 12.
