Planning appeal decision
4 Grayling Close, Gloucester, GL4 5ED
Planning appeal 3347674 at 4 Grayling Close, Gloucester, GL4 5ED (Gloucester City Council) was dismissed on 30 October 2024 by Inspector Street E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of Number 5 Grayling Close with particular regard to outlook.
a two-storey rear and front extension
- Authority
- Gloucester City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Street E
- Postcode
- GL4 5ED
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal on the living conditions of the occupiers of Number 5 Grayling Close with particular regard to outlook
What decided it
The proposal would create an unacceptably poor standard of outlook for the neighbouring property through an oppressive, blank façade that would loom over and shroud Number 5 Grayling Close.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SD14 of the Gloucester, Cheltenham and Tewksbury Joint Core Strategy 2017Policy A9 of the Gloucester City Plan 2023
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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