4 Park Lane, Slough, SL3 7PF

Planning appeal 3320711 at 4 Park Lane, Slough, SL3 7PF (Slough Borough Council) was dismissed on 8 July 2024 by Inspector Leigh C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area.

a hip to gable roof conversion including a rear dormer and 4 x skylights at the front, replacing the roof tiles with grey tiles, removing the chimney heads and lowering the rooftop ridge

Authority: Slough Borough Council
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Leigh C
Postcode: SL3 7PF

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the surrounding area
The effect of the development on the living conditions of adjoining occupants

What decided it

The visual harm caused by the scale, form and design of the roof alterations and rear dormer, which are discordant and out of proportion within an area of consistent two-storey detached houses with hipped roofs, outweighs any other considerations and renders the development unacceptable in planning terms.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies: Core Policy 8 of the Slough Local Development Core Strategy (2008)Policy EN1 of the Slough Local Plan (2004)Policy EN2 of the Slough Local Plan (2004)Policy H15 of the Slough Local Plan (2004)Design Principles DP1, DP2, DP3 of the Residential Extensions Guidelines SPD (2010)Design Principle EX33 of the Residential Extensions Guidelines SPD (2010)Design Principle EX34 of the Residential Extensions Guidelines SPD (2010)

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