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Allowed12 May 20233316939

51 Stourbridge Road, Hagley, Stourbridge, DY9 0QS

Planning appeal 3316939 at 51 Stourbridge Road, Hagley, Stourbridge, DY9 0QS (Bromsgrove District Council) was allowed on 12 May 2023 by Inspector Davis J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of 49 Stourbridge Road, with particular reference to light and outlook.

ground floor and first floor rear extensions, loft conversion including dormer to the rear (Re submission of 21/01226/FUL enlarging the first floor rear extension)

Authority
Bromsgrove District Council
Appeal type
householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Householder developments
Inspector
Davis J
Postcode
DY9 0QS

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of 49 Stourbridge Road, with particular reference to light and outlook

What decided it

The proposed extension's design with shallow pitched roof sloping away from the boundary, combined with the intervening distance and orientation relative to the neighbouring window, would not result in material harm to living conditions despite some change to outlook.

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