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Allowed3 December 20243346132

Ajax House and Plowden Hose (Sic), 27 Haslemere Road, Liphood, Hants, GU30 7UN

Planning appeal 3346132 at Ajax House and Plowden Hose (Sic), 27 Haslemere Road, Liphood, Hants, GU30 7UN (East Hampshire District Council) was allowed on 3 December 2024 by Inspector Davies G, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect varying the approved plans to allow for the inclusion of a balcony on unit 39 would have on the privacy of occupants of unit 38.

the demolition of existing office buildings and erection of 39 retirement apartments, with associated parking and landscaping without complying with condition 20 attached to planning permission 23460/010 to allow drawings to be substituted for the inclusion of 3no balconies to second floor apartments

Authority
East Hampshire District Council
Appeal type
major · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other Major Developments
Inspector
Davies G
Postcode
GU30 7UN

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • The effect varying the approved plans to allow for the inclusion of a balcony on unit 39 would have on the privacy of occupants of unit 38

What decided it

The oblique angle between the balcony and the neighbouring bedroom window means that harmful overlooking would not occur in normal use, satisfying the policy requirement to avoid unacceptable effects on neighbouring occupiers.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CP27Policy CP29

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