Planning appeal decision
39-41 Low Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4PS
Planning appeal 3307433 at 39-41 Low Lane, Middlestown, Wakefield, WF4 4PS (Wakefield Metropolitan District Council) was dismissed on 5 December 2022 by Inspector Jones H, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effects of the development upon the living conditions of the occupiers of 43 Low Lane.
a two storey rear extension
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Jones H
- Postcode
- WF4 4PS
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effects of the development upon the living conditions of the occupiers of 43 Low Lane
What decided it
The proposed two-storey extension would create a harmful dominating effect that would unacceptably reduce levels of outlook and cause unacceptable overshadowing to the first-floor window of the neighbouring property at 43 Low Lane.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS10Policy D9Policy D10
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 130
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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