17 Butterstone Avenue, HARTLEPOOL, TS24 0GA

Enclosure of balcony to front with glass walls and roof, installation of electric shutters to the ground floor window at the front, erection of a fence to the front (approx. height 1.6m) and erection of fence to both side boundaries at the rear (approx. height 2.1m) (retrospective) and proposed installation of weatherboard cladding to the front

Authority: Hartlepool Borough Council *
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Merrett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and wider area
the enclosed balcony on the living conditions of the occupiers of no. 15 Butterstone Avenue, having particular regard to privacy
the front fence on highway safety

What decided it

The visual harm caused by the balcony enclosure dominating the main gable elevation and the front fence conflicting with the predominantly open-plan character of frontages outweighed any private benefits to the appellant.

Plan policies cited: Policy HSG11, Policy QP4, Policy QP5

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