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

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

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.

Plan policies cited: Policy CP27, Policy CP29

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