Planning appeal decision
Green Bank Gossoms End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 1DD
Planning appeal 3310774 at Green Bank Gossoms End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, HP4 1DD (Dacorum Borough Council) was dismissed on 21 March 2023 by Inspector Pearce S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed extension on the living conditions of the occupiers of no. 87 Gossoms End, with particular regard to outlook, sunlight and daylight.
a single storey side and rear extension
- Authority
- Dacorum Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Pearce S
- Postcode
- HP4 1DD
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed extension on the living conditions of the occupiers of no. 87 Gossoms End, with particular regard to outlook, sunlight and daylight
What decided it
The proposed extension would result in an unacceptable loss of sunlight to the rear-facing habitable room window of no. 87 Gossoms End, conflicting with Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Borough Core Strategy 2013.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS12 of the Dacorum Borough Core Strategy 2013
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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