Aficionados of GK Chesterton must be feeling a palpable sense of relief at the news that a plan to bulldoze his former home and replace it with flats has been thrown out by the local council.
South Bucks District Council dismissed proposals by Octagon Developments to demolish the house, called "Overroads", in Grove Road, Beaconsfield, and replace it with a block of nine apartments.
Planning officers concluded that the size and the scale of the proposed flats would make them "intrusive" and incompatible with the character of the area. Further, they would "adversely impact" upon Top Meadow, the Grade II-listed home that also once belonged to Chesterton, which directly faces Overroads. Other objections included dissatisfaction with how the developer would protect the apartment block from the risk of flooding, and what it would do about protected trees. Doubts were raised about access for bin lorries, and the need for more affordable housing in Britain's most expensive market town.
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