Planning appeal decision
Grosvenor Road, Hoylake, CH47 2BJ
Planning appeal 3283382 at Grosvenor Road, Hoylake, CH47 2BJ (Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 7 March 2022 by Inspector Hitchcock R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the living conditions of occupiers of 5 Cable Road with particular regard to outlook and sense of enclosure.
an additional floor level on top of the existing block B to create 4 No 2 Bed apartments across the same footprint of the existing block
- Authority
- Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Hitchcock R
- Postcode
- CH47 2BJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the living conditions of occupiers of 5 Cable Road with particular regard to outlook and sense of enclosure
What decided it
The proposal would result in poor outlook and overbearing effects on occupiers of the neighbouring residential property at 5 Cable Road, conflicting with Policy HS4 and the NPPF.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HS4 of the Wirral Unitary Development Plan [2000]Supplementary Planning Document 2 - Designing for Self-Contained Flat Developments and Conversions
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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