26 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1UZ

Planning appeal 3306069 at 26 Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1UZ (West Suffolk) was allowed on 6 March 2023 by Inspector Bartlett R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the first-floor access door to the flat roof on the living conditions of occupiers of the residential flat above the One Bull public house, with particular regard to privacy.

Retrospective permission for ground floor retail unit and four flats on first and second floors with amended window details (fixed shut rear bedroom windows, external ventilation grilles, retention of first floor external maintenance door on rear elevation)

Authority: West Suffolk
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Bartlett R
Postcode: IP33 1UZ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the first-floor access door to the flat roof on the living conditions of occupiers of the residential flat above the One Bull public house, with particular regard to privacy

What decided it

The imposition of a planning condition restricting use of the flat roof to essential maintenance purposes only would effectively mitigate any privacy harm to the neighbouring residential flat above the One Bull public house.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy DM2 of the Forest Heath and St Edmundsbury Local Plan Joint Development Management Policies Document (February 2015)
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 130

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