53 Ainsworth Avenue, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 7BG

upwards extension of ground floor to form new full first floor and levelling out of existing driveway

Authority: Brighton and Hove City Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Evans L

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the neighbours at No 51 Ainsworth Avenue, with particular regard to loss of outlook, overlooking and loss of privacy and effect on daylight, sunlight and overshadowing
The effect of the proposal on the street scene

What decided it

The material harm to the living conditions of neighbours at No 51 Ainsworth Avenue through overbearing massing, loss of outlook, overlooking, loss of privacy, and impacts on daylight, sunlight and overshadowing, which conflicts with Policy DM20 and NPPF paragraph 130.

Framework references: 130

Plan policies cited: Policy DM20, Policy CP12, Policy DM18, Policy DM21

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