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Dismissed30 October 20243346443

54 Queens Drive, Hanham, South Gloucestershire, BS15 3JL

Planning appeal 3346443 at 54 Queens Drive, Hanham, South Gloucestershire, BS15 3JL (South Gloucestershire Council) was dismissed on 30 October 2024 by Inspector Wilson D, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.

convert the existing garage and workshop incidental to 54 Queens Drive and connect it via an internal door to the existing approved annexe ancillary to the main dwelling (54a) to provide a new living room, double bedroom, shower room and home office and to create a dwelling separate from the ownership of No.54 Queens Drive; replacement of the existing roller shutter door with a new insulated and rendered cavity wall and composite front door; replacement of the rear window in the garage with new French doors to the garden area to the west

Authority
South Gloucestershire Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Wilson D
Postcode
BS15 3JL

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area
  • the effect of the proposed development on highway safety in respect of access
  • whether accessible and convenient storage for waste would be provided

What decided it

The proposal fails on three independent grounds: unacceptable harm to character and appearance through intensification and creation of an obvious line of development; inability to demonstrate safe emergency vehicle access; and failure to provide accessible and convenient waste storage within the required distance.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy CS1Policy PSP11
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135Paragraph 114Paragraph 11

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