Planning appeal decision
17 Weare Close, Portland, DT5 1JP
Planning appeal 3339331 at 17 Weare Close, Portland, DT5 1JP (Dorset) was allowed on 27 May 2025 by Inspector Aqbal M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether disputed conditions 2 and 3 are necessary or reasonable in respect of safeguarding the living conditions of neighbours.
Erect rear decking (Variation of condition 2 of planning approval WP/20/00915/FUL - decking, as approved, has been built other than in accordance with approved plan 2904:001 Rev C) without complying with conditions 2 and 3
- Authority
- Dorset
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Aqbal M
- Postcode
- DT5 1JP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether disputed conditions 2 and 3 are necessary or reasonable in respect of safeguarding the living conditions of neighbours
What decided it
The appeal succeeded in part: condition 2 (boundary wall) was removed as unnecessary given existing overlooking from the property, but condition 3 (obscured glass balustrade) was retained and modified as necessary to safeguard neighbours' privacy from the raised decking area.
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