Planning appeal decision
16 Beaumont Drive, Aintree, Merseyside, L10 8LS
Planning appeal 3303827 at 16 Beaumont Drive, Aintree, Merseyside, L10 8LS (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 6 December 2022 by Inspector Ellis D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether prior approval should be granted having regard to the effect of the proposed development on the amenity of adjoining premises.
a single storey flat roof rear extension with central glazed lantern to roof & rear bi-fold doors
- Authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Ellis D
- Postcode
- L10 8LS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether prior approval should be granted having regard to the effect of the proposed development on the amenity of adjoining premises
What decided it
The proposed extension would cause significant overbearing impact and increased sense of enclosure to the adjoining property's rear garden and patio doors, thereby harming the amenity of adjoining premises contrary to GPDO paragraph A.4(9).
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