®Planning appeal decision
Yale Cottage, Duncan Road, Park Gate, Southampton , Hampshire, SO31 1BD
Planning appeal 3271052 at Yale Cottage, Duncan Road, Park Gate, Southampton , Hampshire, SO31 1BD (Fareham Borough Council) was allowed on 30 September 2021 by Inspector Buchanan R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
an outbuilding on the plot basically a games room
- Authority
- Fareham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Buchanan R
- Postcode
- SO31 1BD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
- the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring houses having regard to outlook, daylight, privacy, light spill and noise
What decided it
The family room would be inconspicuous in public views, largely screened by landscaping, and would not cause unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the area or to the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers.
The proposal would accord with the development plan overall and there are no material considerations, including the provisions of the Framework, which outweigh the finding that the development would be in keeping with existing development in the vicinity and would not be an unneighbourly form of development.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS17 of the Fareham Core Strategy, August 2011Policy DSP3 of the Fareham Local Plan Part 2: Development Sites and Policies, June 2015
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
- Judgments
- Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [JPL 1982 P37]
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
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