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Dismissed5 March 20253348790

87 Rock Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 5PX

Planning appeal 3348790 at 87 Rock Avenue, Gillingham, ME7 5PX (Medway Council) was dismissed on 5 March 2025 by Inspector Pattison B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would provide future occupiers with adequate living conditions having regard to the outlook and daylight to the basement level bedroom.

Formation of front lightwell to create an additional bedroom to facilitate the enlargement of a large HMO (Sui Generis) from 7 to 8 bedrooms

Authority
Medway Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Other minor developments
Inspector
Pattison B
Postcode
ME7 5PX

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would provide future occupiers with adequate living conditions having regard to the outlook and daylight to the basement level bedroom

What decided it

The basement bedroom would receive inadequate sunlight (0.9 hours against a 1.5 hour target) and oppressive outlook via a narrow lightwell, combined with insufficient communal living space, resulting in poor living conditions that would not accord with Policy BNE2 and the Framework.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy BNE2
National Planning Policy Framework
Paragraph 135

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