3 West Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8NR

Planning appeal 3314490 at 3 West Road, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 8NR (Preston City Council) was allowed in part (a split decision) on 12 May 2023 by Inspector Deane G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed replacement windows on the character and appearance of the host building and the local area, bearing in mind the statutory duty to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the conservation area.

the replacement of current single glazed wooden frame windows with white uPVC framed double glazed windows and replacement front and back doors

Authority: Preston City Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Deane G
Postcode: PR2 8NR

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed replacement windows on the character and appearance of the host building and the local area, bearing in mind the statutory duty to preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the conservation area

What decided it

The proposed uPVC windows would cause significant harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area that cannot be outweighed by the thermal and acoustic benefits, as these could be achieved through alternative replacement windows.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 16 of the Central Lancashire Adopted Core Strategy (2012)Policy AD1(a) of the Preston Local Plan 2012-26 (2015)Policy EN8 of the Preston Local Plan 2012-26 (2015)Policy EN9 of the Preston Local Plan 2012-26 (2015)Saved Policy D13 of the Preston Local Plan (2004)Saved Policy H8 of the Preston Local Plan (2004)

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.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

30 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision

An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter — Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.

Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app — Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.

Start your free trial

More decisions in Preston

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2023

Dismissed29 September 20266012249
Land Outside 81 Fishergate, Preston, PR1 2UH
Dismissed29 September 20266012248
Land Outside 81 Fishergate, Preston, PR1 2UH
Dismissed28 September 20266009669
10 Broadgate, Preston, PR1 8DX
Dismissed25 September 20266006018
454 Blackpool Road, Preston, PR2 1HX
Allowed10 August 20266003578
Land to the South of Whittingham Lane & West of James Towers Way, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5DD

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.