Planning appeal decision
16 Selly Oak Road, Birmingham, B30 1LS
Planning appeal 3286016 at 16 Selly Oak Road, Birmingham, B30 1LS (Birmingham City Council) was allowed on 25 January 2022 by Inspector Law T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for the occupiers of No 14 Selly Oak Road, with particular regard to outlook and light.
a single storey rear extension
- Authority
- Birmingham City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Law T
- Postcode
- B30 1LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed development would provide acceptable living conditions for the occupiers of No 14 Selly Oak Road, with particular regard to outlook and light
What decided it
The existing extension already breaches the 45 degree rule and severely limits outlook from the neighbouring property, so the proposed replacement extension would not have a significantly greater adverse impact on outlook or light given the intervening boundary wall.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PG3 of the Birmingham Development Plan (2017)paragraphs 3.14C and 8.39-8.43 of the Birmingham Unitary Development Plan (2005)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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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