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Lands At & To The Rear: 21 & 23 Monkridge Gardens With Disused Pavilion & Hardst, Off Monkridge Gardens, Dunston Hill, Gateshead, NE11 9XE
Planning appeal 3284738 at Lands At & To The Rear: 21 & 23 Monkridge Gardens With Disused Pavilion & Hardst, Off Monkridge Gardens, Dunston Hill, Gateshead, NE11 9XE (Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 8 February 2022 by Inspector Robbie G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether conditions 18 and 19 requiring blocking up of ground floor openings in the side elevations of 21 and 23 Monkridge Gardens are necessary and reasonable in the interests of living conditions, particularly noise, disturbance and privacy.
Variation and deletion of conditions imposed on planning permission for erection of 9 dwellinghouses with front and back gardens and driveway parking; new shared-surface, vehicular and pedestrian access between Numbers 21 & 23 (both retained), visitor parking area and landscaped areas
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Robbie G
- Postcode
- NE11 9XE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether conditions 18 and 19 requiring blocking up of ground floor openings in the side elevations of 21 and 23 Monkridge Gardens are necessary and reasonable in the interests of living conditions, particularly noise, disturbance and privacy
- Whether condition 20 removing Class A permitted development rights for plots 5-9 is necessary and reasonable in the interests of living conditions of occupiers of existing properties on Knightside Gardens and future occupiers of plots 5-9, particularly privacy
What decided it
The buffer areas, brick plinth wall and timber fence proposed as part of the approved scheme would provide adequate mitigation for noise, disturbance and privacy concerns at 21 and 23 Monkridge Gardens, making the blocking-up conditions unnecessary and unreasonable.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- CS14MSGP17
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 54Paragraph 55
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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