Planning appeal decision
Ridgeway Park Road, Barnham, Bognor Regis, PO22 0AQ
Planning appeal 3316696 at Ridgeway Park Road, Barnham, Bognor Regis, PO22 0AQ (Arun District Council) was dismissed on 10 December 2024 by Inspector Hocking P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, having particular regard to overlooking.
Without planning permission, insertion of two flat roof dormer windows in the principal elevation of the dwellinghouse and provision of external staircase to the side of the dwellinghouse
- Authority
- Arun District Council
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hocking P
- Postcode
- PO22 0AQ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the development on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, having particular regard to overlooking
- the effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The development causes unacceptable harm to both the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers through direct overlooking and to the character and appearance of the area through disproportionate and non-subservient dormer windows on the front elevation of a modest property.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D SP1Policy D DM1Policy D DM4Policy ES5
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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