3 Burkitt Street, Hyde, SK14 1QQ

Planning appeal 3318913 at 3 Burkitt Street, Hyde, SK14 1QQ (Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 15 February 2024 by Inspector Wharton T, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the appeal extension on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties in Burkitt Street and Mona Street.

the erection of a second storey extension (outlined in blue on the attached plan for identification purposes) to the rear of the premises in excess of the parameters set out within Article 3, Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015. (GPDO)

Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Wharton T
Postcode: SK14 1QQ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the appeal extension on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties in Burkitt Street and Mona Street
Its effect on the character and appearance of this residential part of Hyde

What decided it

The unauthorised extension breached the 18m separation distance policy requirement and caused demonstrable harm to the living conditions of neighbouring occupants through loss of privacy, light and outlook, and was visually incongruous and overdevelopment of the tight terraced site.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Policy 1.3Policy H10(a)Policy H10(d)Policy C1Policy RED1Policy RED2Policy RED3
National Planning Policy Framework: Paragraph 12

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