®Planning appeal decision
2 Sea View Road, PORTSMOUTH, PO6 1EN
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
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.
Plan policies cited: Policy PCS23
Judgments cited: Bath CC v SSE & Grosvenor Hotel (Bath) Ltd [1983] JPL 737
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.