Prospect Cottages, Park House Green, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3HW

Planning appeal 3306998 at Prospect Cottages, Park House Green, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 3HW (Harrogate Borough Council *) was dismissed on 5 December 2022 by Inspector Veevers A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area.

Demolition of existing two dwellings and erection of three dwellings

Authority: Harrogate Borough Council *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Veevers A
Postcode: HG1 3HW

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
The living conditions of the occupiers of North View, with particular regard to privacy and of the occupiers of 308, 310, 312 and 314 Skipton Road, with particular regard to outlook

What decided it

The significant harm to the living conditions of occupiers of North View through unacceptable overlooking of their private amenity space, combined with the harmful effect on character and appearance, outweighed the limited economic and housing benefits of the scheme.

The limited economic and social benefits of one additional dwelling and construction activity were outweighed by the significant harm to neighbouring amenity and the harmful effect on character and appearance, particularly given the Council's demonstrated five-year housing land supply

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy HP3Policy HP4Policy NE4
Judgments: Bernard Wheatcroft Ltd v SSE [1982] 43 P&CR 233

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