Planning appeal decision
Flat 1, 1 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LB
Planning appeal 3321665 at Flat 1, 1 Emmanuel Road, Hastings, TN34 3LB (Hastings Borough Council) was dismissed on 27 December 2023 by Inspector Hobbs J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area.
Retention of garden shed and minor changes to boundary treatment
- Authority
- Hastings Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- other · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hobbs J
- Postcode
- TN34 3LB
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the development on the character and appearance of the area
What decided it
The shed is a dominant feature sited in front of two principal elevations that appears incongruous in the street scene and harmfully disrupts the formal pattern of development and views to Emmanuel Church.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy DM1Policy DM3
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 11
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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