Planning appeal decision
Mill Cottage Mill Lane, Fovant, Salisbury, SP3 5JP
Planning appeal 3341764 at Mill Cottage Mill Lane, Fovant, Salisbury, SP3 5JP (Wiltshire Council) was allowed on 19 February 2025 by Inspector Marigold O, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition 3 requiring obscure glazing to the rear-facing window is necessary in respect of the living conditions of the occupiers of the neighbouring property Springfield, with regard to privacy and amenity.
Create new room above existing single storey storeroom (first-floor extension with window to rear elevation)
- Authority
- Wiltshire Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Marigold O
- Postcode
- SP3 5JP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition 3 requiring obscure glazing to the rear-facing window is necessary in respect of the living conditions of the occupiers of the neighbouring property Springfield, with regard to privacy and amenity
What decided it
The oblique nature of the views, the existing vegetation filtering, the size of the neighbouring garden, and the commonplace nature of such relationships in built-up areas meant that the obscure glazing condition was not necessary to protect the living conditions of the neighbouring occupiers.
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