Planning appeal decision
30 Ginnell Farm Avenue, Rochdale, OL16 4GG
Planning appeal 3286381 at 30 Ginnell Farm Avenue, Rochdale, OL16 4GG (Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council) was allowed on 8 February 2022 by Inspector Senior H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to privacy and natural light.
Proposed two storey rear extension
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Senior H
- Postcode
- OL16 4GG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers with particular regard to privacy and natural light
- whether the proposal provides acceptable living conditions for the occupiers of the host dwelling with particular regard to outlook and natural light
What decided it
The limited rearward projection of the extension, the distance from party boundaries, and the proposed obscure glazing to first floor windows ensured that neighbouring occupiers' living conditions would not be harmed and the host dwelling would have acceptable living conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM1 of the Rochdale Core Strategy (2016)Guidelines and Standards for Residential Development Supplementary Planning Document (2016)
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.
See how each was appliedThe decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2022
- Allowed30 July 20266005921Hollingworth Heights, Peanock Lane, Littleborough, OL15 0AD
- Allowed11 September 20253358849Rainshore House Over Town Lane, Rochdale, OL12 7TQ
- Dismissed4 September 20253356528Summit View Cabin, Salley Street, Calderbank Road, Littleborough, OL15 9NG
- Allowed25 April 20253352998Branch Road Farm Branch Road, Littleborough, OL15 0AB
- Allowed18 March 20253348342Old Falinge, Falinge Fold, Rochdale, OL12 6LE
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®