®Planning appeal decision
21 Main Street, Cottesmore, Rutland, LE15 7DH
Planning appeal 3340459 at 21 Main Street, Cottesmore, Rutland, LE15 7DH (Rutland County Council) was allowed on 30 January 2025 by Inspector Symmons J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect the removal of condition 6 and varying conditions 2 and 3 would have on the safety of the users of the shared access and the immediate road network.
the ‘Retrospective approval for the erection of a two storey and single storey extension to dwelling, raising of the roof of the original house with a new thatch roof, addition of a window on the North East elevation, re-positioning of two windows on the South West elevation, the addition of an extra chimney and the raising of the height of the existing chimney with new rear door access, 2 no. garden sheds, parking and landscaping works. ’ without complying with conditions attached to planning permission reference 2023/0074/FUL, dated 11 August 2023
- Authority
- Rutland County Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Symmons J
- Postcode
- LE15 7DH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect the removal of condition 6 and varying conditions 2 and 3 would have on the safety of the users of the shared access and the immediate road network
What decided it
The Highway Authority's confirmation that the access would be adequate to accommodate four parking spaces and its support for removal of condition 6, combined with the absence of recorded accidents and the highway report's findings of good visibility and adequate widths, demonstrated that pedestrian and highway safety would not be unacceptably compromised.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP15 of the Rutland Local Plan Site Allocations & Policies Development Plan Document 2014
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 116
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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