®Planning appeal decision
127 Dorset Avenue, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 4WF
change of use from class C3 dwellinghouse to class C2 residential institutions (children's care home). Garage conversion, first floor side extension over existing garage and single rear extension to provide 5 no. bedrooms
- Authority
- Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- community-institutional · Change of use
- Inspector
- Allen K
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the single storey rear extension on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the area
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for future occupants, with particular regard to private living space
- whether the proposal meets an identified need
What decided it
The single storey rear extension would harmfully dominate the host dwelling and appear incongruous in the streetscene, and two bedrooms would be inadequately sized for the health and wellbeing of future child residents, together outweighing the identified need for specialist care accommodation.
Plan policies cited: Policy 6, Policy 44, Policy 11
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