Planning appeal decision
10 Hawkewood Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6HH
Planning appeal 3297553 at 10 Hawkewood Road, Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6HH (Spelthorne Borough Council) was dismissed on 11 January 2023 by Inspector Andrews M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the two-storey side and part single storey rear extension on the character and appearance of the area.
the erection of a two-storey side extension with the incorporation of a front facing dormer and the erection of a single storey rear extension. The erection of a single storey front extension to form a porch. Proposed extension to the existing rear facing dormer
- Authority
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Andrews M
- Postcode
- TW16 6HH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the two-storey side and part single storey rear extension on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The loss of openness at the side of the dwelling caused by the two-storey extension to within less than 2m of the boundary would result in a demonstrably harmful and permanently adverse effect on the character and appearance of the area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EN1 of the Spelthorne Core Strategy and Policies DPD 2009Residential Extensions and New Residential Development SPD 2011
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 12
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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