150 Parsonage Road, Rainham, RM13 9LB

provision of 4 terraced dwellings with associated parking and amenity space

Authority: London Borough of Havering
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Cross D

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with regards to outlook
The character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The significant harm to the living conditions of neighbouring residents with regards to outlook caused by the bulk and massing of the pitched roofs in their enclosing and overbearing relationship to adjacent gardens outweighed the limited benefits of housing delivery.

The adverse impacts of the development, specifically significant harm to neighbouring living conditions regarding outlook, significantly and demonstrably outweighed the identified benefits of housing delivery on previously developed land in a sustainable location when assessed against the policies of the Framework taken as a whole.

Framework references: 11

Plan policies cited: Policy 7 of the Local Plan, Policy 10 of the Local Plan, Policy 26 of the Local Plan, Policy DC61 of the CSDCP

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