Rutland County Council grant permission for the Demolition of Listed Buildings at Ashwell Hall Rutland

Rutland County Council grant permission for the Demolition of listed buildings at Ashwell Hall Rutland.

Former out buildings attached to Ashwell Hall will be demolished.

The owners are Mr and Mrs Mills, Mrs Elizabeth Mills former Conservative High Sheriff of Rutland sat patiently in the public seats at the council chambers and watched the proceedings of Rutland County Councils Development and Licensing Committee.

The Council had previously granted permission for the tiles to be removed and replaced from these historic building grade 2 listed buildings to enable repairs to be carried out on the main hall.

Photographs were shown, taken after the tiles had been removed. The buildings did not look neglected at this stage. The roof felt and battens appeared to be in good condition. Before the new tiles could be put in place all this vanished and in a short period of time the buildings building have fallen into a state of what looks like neglect. (I point out I am only saying looks like a observation also made by former Councillor Dr Reese at the same meeting) The buildings are now close to a state of collapse, after the meeting a member of the public approached the expert in stone buildings and asked why had the roof been completely remove his answer was he did not know it appeared to vanish. Another Councillor said to me he felt the various holes in the buildings walls looked as if the can be knocked out deliberately.

The council attached some conditions to their approval to demolish another part of Rutland's Historic past.
Because they felt the buildings were no longer as historic as the old hall, at one point the council must have felt they held some importance because they listed them. The planning officer were asked English Heritages view and the reply was they had written to English Heritage and received no reply so they assume English Heritage had no concerns.
The council have said the buildings must be rebuilt in a dark stone and the dwelling house must remain a part of the main hall and not sold off.

Sometimes I wonder what the point of listed building status is here in Rutland?

The before and after photographs shown to the public showed a very sorry picture, I hope the new buildings will bring about a improvement.

Another member of the public spoke to me and made a allegation. I can not publish their allegation because they asked me not to quote them.

So instead I am going to ask a question. Is this family one of the largest donors to the Local Conservatives Party?