®Planning appeal decision
16 Newberries Avenue, RADLETT, WD7 7EW
conversion of loft to habitable room with side and rear dormers and front and side rooflights
- Authority
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Troy D
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host property and the area
What decided it
The scale, siting and design of the proposed dormer extensions and roof alterations would result in incongruous and out-of-keeping additions causing unacceptable harm to the host property and the area, conflicting with development plan policies and NPPF design principles.
The benefits of high quality design and additional accommodation were given some weight but were insufficient to outweigh the identified harm to character and appearance; the moderate weight accorded to the fallback position under permitted development rights did not alter this conclusion.
Framework references: 126, 130
Plan policies cited: Policy CS22 of the Hertsmere Local Plan Development Plan Document Core Strategy 2013, Policy SADM30 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan 2016, Part E of the Council's Planning and Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document 2006
Judgments cited: Mansell v Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council [2017] EWCA Civ 1314
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