26 Linnet Hill, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 4DA

1) erection of a 1.0 metre high wall and 1.5 metre laurel hedge along front boundary of the residential curtilage. 2) erection of an independent 1.8 metre high fence and automated gate within the front garden area of the property. The fence and gate is to be set back into the property a distance of 2.1 metres from the boundary and the back of footway on Linnet Hill

Authority: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Appeal type: householder · Householder (HAS)
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Householder developments
Inspector: Veevers A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area

What decided it

The proposed composite fence and automated gate would introduce a visually unsympathetic, higher, prominent and formal means of enclosure that would be discordant within the suburban residential character of the area, conflicting with development plan policies and NPPF guidance on well-designed places.

Framework references: 12, 135

Plan policies cited: Policy P3, Policy DM1, Policy JP-P1

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