The Bungalow, Down End, Chieveley, NEWBURY, RG20 8TG

Variation of Condition 1 (Rooflight Windows) of previously approved application 10/02895/HOUSE: Retrospective - Velux rooflights to the east and west elevations (To comply with condition 3 of approved permission 09/02148/HOUSE) without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref 10/02895/HOUSE, dated 10 February 2011

Authority: West Berkshire District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Allen M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of Sunhill Cottage, with particular regard to overlooking

What decided it

The rooflight would allow views into the neighbouring bathroom at Sunhill Cottage, creating an unacceptable deleterious effect on the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers through overlooking.

Plan policies cited: Policy OVS2 of the West Berkshire District Local Plan 1991-2006 saved policies 2007, Policy CS14 of the West Berkshire Core Strategy

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