102 Apsley Road, OLDBURY, B68 0QU

a ground and first floor side extension, single storey rear and front extensions with new porch, hipped roof to gable roof, loft conversion with rear dormer windows, velux windows to front, single storey pitched roof across frontage, flat roof to single storey rear extension and fenestration alterations

Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Townend K

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The conversion of the hipped roof to a gable roof would create a noticeably unsymmetrical and unbalanced appearance with the paired semi-detached dwelling, substantially altering the positive contribution of the uniform hipped roofscape to the character and appearance of the area.

Plan policies cited: Policy ENV3 of The Black Country Core Strategy 2011, Policy EOS9 of The Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council Site Allocations and Delivery Development Plan Document 2012

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