®Planning appeal decision
Mulberry House, 44 Mill Lane, Fordham, ELY, CB7 5NQ
for an alteration to the building to provide a ‘Lifetime Home’ with level access into the building and garden, improved circulation widths fo r wheelchair access, for improved mobility within the dwelling, improved internal heights and increased fenestration to improve headroom and natural daylighting, external insulation with a green roof to the existing rear extension to resolve existing moisture ingress problems with the fabric of the dwelling, provide increased thermal and sound attenuation performance in line with current building regulations
- Authority
- East Cambridgeshire District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Biggers P
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and its surroundings on Mill Lane and the Fordham Conservation Area
What decided it
The harm to the Conservation Area from the unsympathetic alterations to the rear extension roof and rear elevation fenestration, which would fail to preserve the character of this positive contributor to the Conservation Area, outweighed any private benefits to the occupiers, whereas the new south entrance could be acceptable with appropriate design control.
Framework references: 199, 202, 124
Plan policies cited: ENV11, ENV2, Policy 2 of the Fordham Neighbourhood Plan
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