Planning appeal decision
22 Dinas Road , Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, GL51 3EW
Planning appeal 3346845 at 22 Dinas Road , Cheltenham , Gloucestershire, GL51 3EW (Cheltenham Borough Council) was dismissed on 25 September 2024 by Inspector McAndrew R, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect on the character and appearance of the site and area.
‘a static home at the rear of the property (back garden)’
- Authority
- Cheltenham Borough Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Not Applicable
- Inspector
- McAndrew R
- Postcode
- GL51 3EW
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the site and area
- The effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with regards to disturbance and privacy
What decided it
The unacceptable harm to the character and appearance of the site and area caused by the introduction of a large, bulky static home into a modest residential garden, which could not be outweighed by the absence of harm to neighbouring living conditions or the appellant's personal circumstances.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy D1 of the Cheltenham Plan (2020)Policy SD4 of the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031 (2017)Policy SL1 of the Cheltenham Plan (2020)Policy SD14 of the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Joint Core Strategy 2011-2031 (2017)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 12
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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