Plots 4, 4A, 5, 5A Hepworth Drive, Swallownest, Sheffield, S26 4RS

Planning appeal 3265333 at Plots 4, 4A, 5, 5A Hepworth Drive, Swallownest, Sheffield, S26 4RS (Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 21 February 2022 by Inspector Merrett R, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to i) privacy of the rear garden area of No 20 Hepworth Drive; ii) outlook in relation to the rear of No 8 Doctors Row and iii) outlook in relation to the rear of properties situated on Shaldon Grove.

Erection of a pair of semi-detached houses and two detached houses (Plots 4, 4A, 5 and 5A)

Authority: Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Hearing
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Merrett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to i) privacy of the rear garden area of No 20 Hepworth Drive; ii) outlook in relation to the rear of No 8 Doctors Row and iii) outlook in relation to the rear of properties situated on Shaldon Grove

What decided it

The overbearing effect of the Plot 5 dwelling on the outlook and living conditions of No 8 Doctors Row

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy SP 55 of the Rotherham Local Plan (Sites and Policies) 2018
Judgments: Tapecrown Ltd v FSS & the Vale of White Horse DC [2006] EWCA Civ 1744; Bhandal v SSHCLG & Bromsgrove DC [2020] EWHC 2724 (Admin)

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