Planning appeal decision
Deva Lodge, 8 Linden Drive, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3DA
Planning appeal 3351296 at Deva Lodge, 8 Linden Drive, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, SL2 3DA (Buckinghamshire Council - Chiltern Area *) was dismissed on 21 March 2025 by Inspector Marshall E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The impact of the proposal upon the residential amenity of neighbouring properties.
Variation of condition 4 (approved plans) of planning permission PL/23/0495/FA to allow changes to design and materials of roof for previously approved outbuilding, increasing ridge height by approximately one metre to approximately five metres
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Marshall E
- Postcode
- SL2 3DA
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the proposal upon the residential amenity of neighbouring properties
What decided it
The increased height, bulk and massing of the proposed roof structure would appear as an obtrusive and dominant feature when viewed from neighbouring properties, unacceptably harming residential amenity.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy EP3Policy H13Appendix 8Policy CP8
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 135
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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