®Planning appeal decision
Dismissed15 July 20243332096
11 Shap Drive, WORCESTER, WR4 9NX
proposed first floor side extension and a one bedroom annexe and garage in rear garden
- Authority
- Worcester City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Manley N
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the surrounding area, including a protected tree
- Whether the development has been designed as ancillary annexe accommodation
- Whether the appeal scheme provides satisfactory living conditions for existing and future occupiers of the development, with particular regard to outdoor amenity space
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring residents, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to character and appearance caused by the substantial intensification of development and potential irreversible harm to the protected tree, combined with the failure to provide ancillary accommodation as designed and inadequate amenity space provision, outweighed the absence of harm to neighbouring amenity.
Plan policies cited: Policy SWDP 21, Policy SWDP 22
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