Planning appeal decision
10 Vallenders Road, Bredon, Tewkesbury, GL20 7HL
Planning appeal 3304996 at 10 Vallenders Road, Bredon, Tewkesbury, GL20 7HL (Wychavon District Council) was dismissed on 18 October 2023 by Inspector Griffin E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development gives rise to harm to the living conditions of occupiers of No 8 Vallenders Road with particular regard to noise in view of its location.
without planning permission, the installation of an air conditioning unit on a garden outbuilding
- Authority
- Wychavon District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Griffin E
- Postcode
- GL20 7HL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development gives rise to harm to the living conditions of occupiers of No 8 Vallenders Road with particular regard to noise in view of its location
What decided it
The appellant's failure to provide a noise assessment to demonstrate that the air conditioning unit would not cause significant noise harm to the neighbouring occupier, combined with the unit's proximity to the neighbouring property and lack of adequate mitigation details.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SWDP 31Policy SWDP21Policy NP4
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 185
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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