Planning appeal decision
18 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RY
Planning appeal 3343549 at 18 Clarendon Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 4RY (Warwick District Council) was allowed on 5 July 2024 by Inspector Hartley S, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the development preserves or enhances the character or appearance of the Leamington Spa Conservation Area.
for the retention of an existing enlarged lightwell together with proposed black, cast-iron surrounding railings
- Authority
- Warwick District Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Hartley S
- Postcode
- CV32 4RY
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the development preserves or enhances the character or appearance of the Leamington Spa Conservation Area
What decided it
The enlarged window is not discernibly different in size to comparable windows in the terrace, the lightwells are not readily visible from the public domain, and the proposed black cast-iron railings would add positively to the significance of the Conservation Area.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- BE1HE1HE2
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 16
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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