®Planning appeal decision
149 Mottram Road, Hyde, SK14 2NX
a proposal to change basement space of existing dwelling into self-contained flat with separate access and shared amenity space
- Authority
- Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rafiq F
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide for a satisfactory standard of accommodation for its future occupiers with particular regard to the degree and quality of internal and external space available, light and ventilation
- The proposal's effect on the living conditions of the occupiers of 149 Mottram Road, with particular regard to the amount of garden space that would remain for that purpose
What decided it
The proposed basement flat would provide unduly cramped internal living conditions and poor natural light levels that fall below the nationally described space standard and would not meet the high standard of amenity required by the Framework.
The benefits to existing occupiers of No 149 were outweighed by the poor standard of accommodation that would be created for future occupants of the basement flat.
Framework references: 130
Plan policies cited: Policy H10 of The Tameside Unitary Development Plan (2004), Policy RD11 of the Tameside Residential Design Supplementary Planning Document (2010), Policy 1.5 of the UDP
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.