Planning appeal decision
37 Duxbury Gardens, Chorley, PR7 3JZ
Planning appeal 3278198 at 37 Duxbury Gardens, Chorley, PR7 3JZ (Chorley Borough Council) was allowed on 16 September 2021 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to overlooking and loss of privacy.
a play area platform with playhouse and safety balustrade (retrospective)
- Authority
- Chorley Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- PR7 3JZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring residents with particular regard to overlooking and loss of privacy
What decided it
The degree of overlooking from the platform would not cause significant harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers in the particular circumstances of the case, having regard to the existing site characteristics, intervening distances, and the family housing context.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HS5 of the Chorley Local Plan 2012-2026 [2015]
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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