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Quashed On Legal Grounds5 September 20233297153

10 Stormont Road, Hitchin, SG5 1SJ

Planning appeal 3297153 at 10 Stormont Road, Hitchin, SG5 1SJ (North Hertfordshire District Council) was decided (quashed on legal grounds) on 5 September 2023 by Inspector Pleasant L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of the adjoining property, with particular regard to sunlight and outlook.

Without planning permission – extension/s to a residential dwelling

Authority
North Hertfordshire District Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Pleasant L
Postcode
SG5 1SJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of the adjoining property, with particular regard to sunlight and outlook

What decided it

The reduction in depth of the single storey rear extension by 2m and replacement of its pitched roof with a flat roof, as illustrated in Option 2, would overcome the harm to neighbouring living conditions regarding sunlight and outlook and bring the development into compliance with development plan policies D2 and D3 and NPPF paragraph 130.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy D2Policy D3
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 130

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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