®Planning appeal decision
Chestnut House, Northside, Thorney, Peterborough, PE6 0RL
to construct an extension to form a swimming pool, changing room, pool lounge area on the ground floor. Create master bedroom with external balcony and en-suite on the first floor and a games room in the roof space. Convert the existing house loft into a bedroom with en-suite. Create a new bay window to the lounge. Extend the size of the entrance porch, convert the existing garage into a store room. Create a new garage building. Re-landscape the front of the house to create better access to garage. Fit new heat pump air heating system to the new extension with solar panels to the south side of roof of the existing craft workshop, using the swimming pool as a heat sink for unused energy created
- Authority
- Peterborough City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Cowley R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding area
What decided it
The size, design and prominent siting of the proposed extension and associated structures would have an unduly harmful effect on the character and appearance of the appeal site and surrounding rural area, contrary to Policy LP16 of the Local Plan.
Plan policies cited: Policy LP16, Policy LP2, Policy LP1, Policy LP17
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.