®Planning appeal decision
104 Horsham Avenue, BOURNEMOUTH, BH10 7JQ
demolish garage and garden room, sever land and erect 1 No 2 bed bungalow with parking and bike store
- Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Sutton A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed dwelling would provide satisfactory living conditions for the future occupants, having regard to privacy
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the area
- Whether the proposal would make satisfactory provision for parking
What decided it
The proposal would not provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants due to material overlooking from elevated first-floor windows of rear properties combined with insufficient separation and a small rear garden, which harm significantly and demonstrably outweighs the limited housing and economic benefits.
The limited social, economic and environmental benefits of the small windfall development were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the harm to future occupants' living conditions in respect of privacy, such that the presumption in favour of sustainable development did not apply
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy CS22, Policy CS41, Policy 6.8, Policy CS6, Policy CS16, Policy CS38
Judgments cited: Holborn Studios Ltd v The Council of the London Borough of Hackney [2017] EWHC 2823
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.