®Planning appeal decision
23 Sefton Avenue, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 7BA
Planning appeal 3260504 at 23 Sefton Avenue, Beeston, Leeds, LS11 7BA (Leeds City Council) was dismissed on 12 July 2021 by Inspector Wilkinson F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers with regard to internal space, outlook, levels of daylight and sunlight, outdoor amenity space and disturbance.
conversion of an existing basement into a proposed one bedroom dwelling
- Authority
- Leeds City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Wilkinson F
- Postcode
- LS11 7BA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers with regard to internal space, outlook, levels of daylight and sunlight, outdoor amenity space and disturbance
- the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to noise, activity and disturbance
What decided it
The proposed development would fail to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers with regard to internal space, outlook, daylight and sunlight, and outdoor amenity space, conflicting with the development plan taken as a whole.
The absence of unacceptable harm to neighbouring residents did not outweigh the failure to provide acceptable living conditions for future occupiers of the proposed dwelling.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H6 of the Leeds City Council Core StrategyPolicy H9 of the Leeds City Council Core StrategyPolicy P10 of the Leeds City Council Core StrategyPolicy GP5 of the Leeds City Council Unitary Development Plan (review 2006)Policy BD5 of the Leeds City Council Unitary Development Plan (review 2006)
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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