4 Croft Road, Bramham, WETHERBY, LS23 6RL

first-floor side extension to two-storey semi-detached dwelling and built over part of existing ground floor extension footprint

Authority: Leeds City Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Russell M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The first-floor side extension would be unduly prominent due to insufficient set-back from the front elevation, unacceptably reducing the legibility of the dwelling's original form and unbalancing the appearance of the semi-detached pair.

Plan policies cited: Policy P10 (Design) of the Leeds City Council Core Strategy (as amended) (2019), Policy H4 (Development outside the Conservation Area) of the Bramham Cum Oglethorpe Neighbourhood Development Plan (made 2019), Saved Policy BD6 of the Leeds City Council Unitary Development Plan Volume 1: Written Statement (Review 2006), Policy HDG1 (Design and appearance) of the Leeds City Council Householder Design Guide (2012)

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