®Planning appeal decision
149 Mottram Road, Hyde, SK14 2NX
Planning appeal 3273410 at 149 Mottram Road, Hyde, SK14 2NX (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 4 October 2021 by Inspector Rafiq F, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: 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.
a proposal to change basement space of existing dwelling into self-contained flat with separate access and shared amenity space
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Rafiq F
- Postcode
- SK14 2NX
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.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- 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
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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.
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