Planning appeal decision
402 Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 2FR
Planning appeal 3348713 at 402 Narborough Road, Leicester, LE3 2FR (Leicester City Council) was dismissed on 12 December 2024 by Inspector Graham A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area.
Outbuilding to the rear of the properties (Class C3)
- Authority
- Leicester City Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Graham A
- Postcode
- LE3 2FR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect of the proposal upon the character and appearance of the area
- The effect of the proposal upon the living conditions of neighbours and residents at the appeal properties
What decided it
The proposal would represent harmful overdevelopment that fails to respond positively to the established character of regular open gardens and would cause harm to neighbours' living conditions through harmful enclosure of their rear gardens.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy CS03 of the Leicester Core Strategy (2014)Saved Policy PS10 of the Leicester Local Plan
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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