41 Broomhead Road, Wombwell, BARNSLEY, S73 0SA

(1) the unauthorised construction of a rear extension to the dwellinghouse; and (2) the construction of a rear garden boundary wall which exceeds 2 metres in height

Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: leisure-sport · Change of use
Inspector: Renaudon L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The increase in people and vehicular traffic using the property with deleterious effects on neighbouring living conditions and highway safety

What decided it

The limited scale of the holiday accommodation (two-person capacity) and availability of ample on-street parking in the area meant that the development would not result in significant adverse effects on highway safety or neighbouring living conditions, and was supported by the local plan's tourism policy.

The benefits of tourism development and economic growth supported by policy E5 outweighed the concerns about parking and amenity impacts, which the Inspector found would not be significant or unacceptable.

Plan policies cited: Policy GD1, Policy Poll1, Policy T4, Policy E5, Policy D1

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