®Planning appeal decision
Land At Rear Of 4 Warwick Avenue, Easton, Bristol, BS5 0YD
New single storey dwelling to replace previously existing garage
- Authority
- Bristol City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Pipkin R
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
- whether the proposal would provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupants, with particular regard to the provision of private outdoor space, outlook and safe access
- the effect of the proposal on the living conditions of neighbouring occupants, with particular regard to daylight to the gardens of Numbers 32 to 34 Fox Road
What decided it
The adverse impacts on character and appearance, future occupants' living conditions, and neighbouring amenity were of very substantial weight and demonstrably outweighed the modest benefits of housing delivery and urban land reuse.
The modest benefits of providing a single dwelling in an urban location with good services and bringing underused land back into use were significantly and demonstrably outweighed by the very substantial harm to character and appearance, unsatisfactory living conditions for future occupants, and harm to neighbouring living conditions, resulting in the proposal not constituting sustainable development under NPPF paragraph 11d)ii).
Framework references: 11
Plan policies cited: Policy BCS21, Policy BCS18, Policy DM26, Policy DM27, Policy DM28, Policy DM29
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