2 Sea View Road, Portsmouth, PO6 1EN

Planning appeal 3278616 at 2 Sea View Road, Portsmouth, PO6 1EN (Portsmouth City Council) was allowed on 16 December 2021 by Inspector Hawkins S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the raised patio on the living conditions of occupiers of adjoining residential property, having regard to privacy.

without planning permission, the installation of a raised patio area leading from a single storey rear extension located in the rear garden of the property

Authority: Portsmouth City Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Hawkins S
Postcode: PO6 1EN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the raised patio on the living conditions of occupiers of adjoining residential property, having regard to privacy

What decided it

The fallback position of partial patio retention following enforcement compliance would cause significantly worse privacy harm to neighbours than granting permission for the full patio with permanent boundary screening.

The benefits of retaining the patio with effective permanent screening outweighed the privacy concerns, as the alternative fallback position would result in significantly worse overlooking and loss of privacy to neighbouring occupiers.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy PCS23
Judgments: Bath CC v SSE & Grosvenor Hotel (Bath) Ltd [1983] JPL 737

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