Plot 3 Rockery Tea Gardens, North Road, Combe Down Bath BA2 5DN

a detached single storey dwelling without complying with a condition attached to planning permission reference APP/F0114/A/14/2229416, dated 20 April 2015.  The condition in dispute is No 11 which states that: “No development shall take place until a technical specification has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority to demonstrate that the glazing to all the windows to the dwellinghouse hereby permitted will limit any light spill to a minimum and acceptable level. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the approved details and permanently retained”.  The reason given for the condition is: “In the interests of ecology and the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties

Authority: Bath and North East Somerset Council
Appeal type: other · Planning Appeal (W)
Procedure: Written representations
Postcode: BA2 5DN

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