Planning appeal decision
12 Long Beach Road, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS30 9UJ
Planning appeal 3359564 at 12 Long Beach Road, Longwell Green, Bristol, BS30 9UJ (South Gloucestershire Council) was dismissed on 1 April 2025 by Inspector Boughton A, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposed garden room/home office would be of a scale and design to be sufficiently subordinate to the host dwelling, leave adequate amenity space and accord with the principles of high-quality design set out in the development plan including its related guidance.
Garden room office / studio
- Authority
- South Gloucestershire Council
- Appeal type
- householder · Householder (HAS)
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Householder developments
- Inspector
- Boughton A
- Postcode
- BS30 9UJ
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposed garden room/home office would be of a scale and design to be sufficiently subordinate to the host dwelling, leave adequate amenity space and accord with the principles of high-quality design set out in the development plan including its related guidance
What decided it
The proposed outbuilding's mass, size and bulk would dominate the host dwelling and impair its amenity space in breach of development plan policies requiring subservience and high-quality design.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy PSP38Policy CS1Policy PSP1
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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