21A Leopold Road, Bexhill, TN39 3PF

a “loft conversion including construction of dormer to rear and addition of rooflight windows to front of dwellinghouse currently being created by conversion approved under extant planning permission RR/2018/1528/P”

Authority: Rother District Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Thomas M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed rear dormer structure on the living conditions of the occupants of 98, 100 and 102 Windsor Road in relation to their privacy when in their homes and gardens
The effect of the proposed rear dormer on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the wider area

What decided it

The fallback position that a similar or more harmful dormer structure could be constructed under permitted development rights without planning permission outweighed the privacy harm and policy conflict caused by the proposed development.

Plan policies cited: OSS4, EN3, DHG9

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