Planning appeal decision
5b Manchester Road, Southport, Lancashire, PR9 9EP
Planning appeal 3319731 at 5b Manchester Road, Southport, Lancashire, PR9 9EP (Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 28 December 2023 by Inspector Hughes L, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of the ground floor flat at 5 Manchester Road, with particular regard to outlook and privacy.
the erection of an outbuilding
- Authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hughes L
- Postcode
- PR9 9EP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupiers of the ground floor flat at 5 Manchester Road, with particular regard to outlook and privacy
What decided it
The outbuilding's close proximity to the ground floor flat's habitable room windows creates unacceptable overbearing impact, loss of outlook, and loss of privacy contrary to Policy H4.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H4
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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