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Planning permission granted20 October 20233302616

Land at 63D Festing Grove, Portsmouth, PO4 9QB

Planning appeal 3302616 at Land at 63D Festing Grove, Portsmouth, PO4 9QB (Portsmouth City Council) was allowed on 20 October 2023 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area.

Without planning permission, (a) the erection of railings on the flat roof of the dwellinghouse, (b) use of the roof as a roof terrace

Authority
Portsmouth City Council
Appeal type
enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Hocking P
Postcode
PO4 9QB

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • whether the development would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Conservation Area
  • whether the development is harmful to the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers

What decided it

The use of the roof as a roof terrace is an incidental residential use within the planning unit that does not constitute development requiring planning permission, and the railings are appropriate in appearance and do not harm the Conservation Area or neighbouring living conditions.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy PCS23

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