Planning appeal decision
10 Garden Close, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 1XL
Planning appeal 3317108 at 10 Garden Close, Portslade, Brighton, East Sussex, BN41 1XL (Brighton and Hove City Council) was dismissed on 12 October 2023 by Inspector Price A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed second floor extension is permitted under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the GPDO, having particular regard to the external appearance of the dwelling and the amenity (living conditions) of adjoining occupiers.
prior approval for the erection of an additional storey to form a first floor extension
- Authority
- Brighton and Hove City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Price A
- Postcode
- BN41 1XL
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed second floor extension is permitted under Article 3(1) and Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA of the GPDO, having particular regard to the external appearance of the dwelling and the amenity (living conditions) of adjoining occupiers
What decided it
The harmful impact on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers through loss of outlook and an unacceptably overbearing sense of enclosure, contrary to the requirements of Class AA of the GPDO.
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