Planning appeal decision
3 Sandown Way, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2NL
Planning appeal 3288947 at 3 Sandown Way, Bexhill-on-Sea, TN40 2NL (Rother District Council) was dismissed on 29 March 2022 by Inspector Cramond D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on living conditions for neighbours.
to extend rear first floor bedroom over the top of existing ground floor extension by 2M and the remaining 1M of the flat roof as balcony with balustrade
- Authority
- Rother District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cramond D
- Postcode
- TN40 2NL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on living conditions for neighbours
What decided it
The proposed balcony, located approximately 1 metre from the shared side boundary, would reduce privacy and increase overlooking in practice, creating an unsettling intrusion contrary to reasonable expectations for a normal residential estate.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy OSS4 of the Rother Local Plan Core Strategy (2014) Plan 2015Policy DHG9 of the Development and Site Allocations Local Plan (2019)
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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