Planning appeal decision
2 Kinsey Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4SN
Planning appeal 3351968 at 2 Kinsey Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, B66 4SN (Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council) was dismissed on 16 December 2024 by Inspector Marshall E, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: The impact of the proposal upon private amenity space and the visual amenity of the street scene.
conservatory to side of property (Revision to refused planning permission DC/24/69085)
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Marshall E
- Postcode
- B66 4SN
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The impact of the proposal upon private amenity space and the visual amenity of the street scene
What decided it
The proposal would result in the vast majority of the plot being covered by built form with unacceptable loss of private amenity space and would be visually incongruous with the character of the locality.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy ENV3 of the Black Country Core Strategy 2011Policy EOS9 of the Site Allocations and Delivery Development Plan Document 2012Residential Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document 2014
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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