Planning appeal decision
Riverside Bath Road, Lymington, SO41 3SE
Planning appeal 3323846 at Riverside Bath Road, Lymington, SO41 3SE (New Forest District Council) was allowed on 5 September 2023 by Inspector Tivey C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the non-compliance with conditions 2 and 3 of planning permission 22/10345 would protect the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring residential properties in respect of privacy.
a first floor side/rear extension without complying with conditions attached to planning permission Ref. 22/10345, dated 3 May 2022
- Authority
- New Forest District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Tivey C
- Postcode
- SO41 3SE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the non-compliance with conditions 2 and 3 of planning permission 22/10345 would protect the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring residential properties in respect of privacy
What decided it
The oblique angles of views from the modified windows, intervening vegetation, and the fact that windows serve circulation areas rather than habitable rooms meant that no material increase in overlooking would occur, allowing the appeal to succeed subject to a condition preventing use of the flat roof as external amenity space.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV3 of the New Forest District Local Plan 2016-2036 Part One: Planning Strategy
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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