®Planning appeal decision
1 Daws Close, Cambridge, CB1 9LE
Conversion of existing dwellinghouse to two three- bedroom residential flats, involving replacement of existing front and rear windows with new windows and a ground floor rear door with a new window; insertion of a new side door on the ground floor
- Authority
- Cambridge City Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Phillips A
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- The effect on the character and appearance of the local area
- The provision of car parking spaces and the effect on the character of the local area
- The effect of the proposed extension on the living conditions of the occupants of 2 Daws Close and future occupiers of the proposed flats, with particular reference to noise and disturbance
- The provision of external amenity space for the proposed upper floor flat
What decided it
The proposal caused multiple breaches of the development plan: harm to character and appearance through front fenestration changes, significant harm to living conditions of future occupants through noise and disturbance, and inadequate external amenity space.
Plan policies cited: Policy 53, Policy 82, Policy 50
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