®Planning appeal decision
Allowed12 June 20253359727
Fiddlers Croft (Plot 2), Church Road, Levens, Kendal, Cumbria, LA8 8PP
erection of 3 dwellings without complying with a condition attached to planning permission reference SL/2023/0580, dated 21 December 2023
- Authority
- Westmorland and Furness Council
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Brook S
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the condition is necessary and reasonable having regard to (a) the standard of living conditions afforded to future occupiers of the proposed development, with particular regard to natural light and ventilation, and (b) the effect of the development on the living conditions of the occupiers of neighbouring properties, with specific regard to privacy and disturbance
What decided it
The condition as originally imposed was overly restrictive because it prevented habitable use of rooms with adequate natural light and ventilation, but the internal room without external openings required restriction to maintain acceptable living standards for future occupiers.
Plan policies cited: DM1, DM2
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