®Planning appeal decision
6 Gunfleet Close, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex, CO5 8LE
Planning appeal 3341828 at 6 Gunfleet Close, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex, CO5 8LE (Colchester Borough Council) was allowed on 2 December 2024 by Inspector Felgate J, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether condition No 5 requiring obscure glazed screening to the east elevation of the balcony is necessary to protect residential amenity.
Addition of a first floor balcony to the north elevation
- Authority
- Colchester Borough Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Felgate J
- Postcode
- CO5 8LE
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether condition No 5 requiring obscure glazed screening to the east elevation of the balcony is necessary to protect residential amenity
What decided it
The distance of 14m to the neighbouring boundary and 24m to the nearest windows, combined with existing vegetation screening and the balcony's recessed position further from the boundary than existing windows, meant condition 5 was unnecessary to protect residential amenity.
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