Planning appeal decision
5 Brook Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 6NN
Planning appeal 3284436 at 5 Brook Street, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 6NN (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 17 January 2022 by Inspector Partington A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the occupiers of the host property with particular regard to private outdoor space.
a single storey rear extension
- Authority
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Partington A
- Postcode
- OL9 6NN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the occupiers of the host property with particular regard to private outdoor space
What decided it
The proposal would leave only a 1m-wide corridor as private outdoor space, which would be inadequate for the occupiers' living conditions and would conflict with Policy 9 of the development plan.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 9 of the Oldham Joint Core Strategy and Development Management Development Plan Document
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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