Planning appeal decision
10 Sycamore Cottages, Treetops Close, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5BT
Planning appeal 3298799 at 10 Sycamore Cottages, Treetops Close, Dobcross, Oldham, OL3 5BT (Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 2 December 2022 by Inspector Brook S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect that removing the condition would have with respect to the living conditions of occupiers of No 10 Sycamore Cottages.
a detached log cabin to be used as ancillary living accommodation without complying with a condition attached to planning permission Ref PA/337483/15, dated 10 December 2015
- Authority
- Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Brook S
- Postcode
- OL3 5BT
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect that removing the condition would have with respect to the living conditions of occupiers of No 10 Sycamore Cottages
- The effect that removing the condition would have with respect to highway safety
What decided it
The condition is necessary to prevent harm to the living conditions of occupiers of No 10 through loss of privacy and to protect highway safety by restricting use to ancillary accommodation for No 10 only.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy 9Policy 11
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 56
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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