4 The Crescent, MIDDLESBROUGH, TS5 6SE

Installation of artificial slate roofing tiles; Installation of 2 no. rooflights on front roof slope; Painting stone window surrounds a different colour (light green to dark grey); Right hand ground floor side bay window (previously fixed,) has been removed and replaced with an opening casement window; Central first floor window (previously fixed) has been removed and replaced with an opening casement window and the window frame has been widened

Authority: Middlesbrough Council *
Appeal type: enforcement · Enforcement Notice
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: other · Householder developments
Inspector: Merrett R

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of development on the character and appearance of the host dwelling and the wider Linthorpe Conservation Area

What decided it

The artificial roof tiles and dark grey painted window surrounds cause less than substantial but real and serious harm to the character and appearance of the conservation area, with no convincing case made for public benefits sufficient to outweigh this harm.

Plan policies cited: Policy CS4, Policy CS5, Policy DC1, Urban Design Supplementary Planning Document 2013

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