Planning appeal decision
Arewa, Shootersway Lane, Berkhamsted, HP4 3NP
Planning appeal 3282662 at Arewa, Shootersway Lane, Berkhamsted, HP4 3NP (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 24 August 2022 by Inspector Morrison J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the external appearance of the dwellinghouse, including the design and architectural features of the principal elevation and any side elevation fronting a highway, would be acceptable under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015.
‘additional floor, the existing design and fenestration will be replicated with a mansard roof above London stock brickwork the materials will match the existing.’
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Morrison J
- Postcode
- HP4 3NP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the external appearance of the dwellinghouse, including the design and architectural features of the principal elevation and any side elevation fronting a highway, would be acceptable under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015
What decided it
The additional height and span of the proposed second floor would stand the building noticeably proud of its neighbours, disrupting the uniform appearance and scale of the street scene despite replicating existing architectural details.
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