®Planning appeal decision
21 Chestnut Gardens, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 1LT
Planning appeal 3286774 at 21 Chestnut Gardens, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 1LT (Ashfield District Council) was dismissed on 23 February 2022 by Inspector Bayliss G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the condition requiring obscure glazing and non-opening window below 1.7m in the first floor north-east elevation window is reasonable or necessary in the interests of safeguarding the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties with particular regard to privacy.
2 storey rear extension and alterations to existing property
- Authority
- Ashfield District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Bayliss G
- Postcode
- NG17 1LT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition requiring obscure glazing and non-opening window below 1.7m in the first floor north-east elevation window is reasonable or necessary in the interests of safeguarding the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties with particular regard to privacy
What decided it
The new extension window would afford clearer and more extensive views into the private gardens of neighbouring properties from a closer vantage point, causing material harm to privacy that the obscure glazing condition is necessary to prevent.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy HG7 of the Ashfield Local Plan Review (2002)Residential Design Guide (2014)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 12
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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