®Planning appeal decision
4 Seale Hill, Reigate, RH2 8HZ
Planning appeal 3314258 at 4 Seale Hill, Reigate, RH2 8HZ (Reigate and Banstead Borough Council) was allowed on 23 August 2023 by Inspector Hunter A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 5 is reasonable and necessary to protect the living conditions of the occupiers of No. 2 Seale Hill, with particular regard to their privacy.
Single storey extensions with extended roof forms above, new dormer and rooflights, new porch and conversion of one garage internally. Associated alterations to fenestration and materials. Introduction of solar panels. Associated internal reconfiguration and external landscaping works.
- Authority
- Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Hunter A
- Postcode
- RH2 8HZ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 5 is reasonable and necessary to protect the living conditions of the occupiers of No. 2 Seale Hill, with particular regard to their privacy.
What decided it
The physical separation between the properties, tall boundary planting, and the absence of significant overlooking potential from the new window meant the condition was not necessary to protect neighbouring privacy.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DES1
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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