Land at 184 Taxal Edge, Macclesfield Road, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, SK23 7DR

without planning permission, the alteration of a building ("the classroom block") comprising the raising of the roof and steepness of the pitch of the roof, the insertion of three dormer windows on the eastern roof slope and changes to fenestration on the eastern elevation. For the avoidance of doubt the classroom block is in the position on the attached plan marked EN01 with an X and shown in photographs EN02 and EN03

Authority: High Peak Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Madge M

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The main issue is the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the locality, having regard to landscape and design.

What decided it

The Inspector concluded that the development would not cause significant harm to the character and appearance of the locality and complied with relevant design and landscape policies.

Plan policies cited: Policy EQ2, Policy EQ3, Policy EQ6

Judgments cited: Burroughs Day v Bristol City Council 1996 Lexis Citation 3354

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